The Moon and Sixpence
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Waynesboro, Virginia, United States
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Synopsis
The Moon and Sixpence is a 1919 short novel by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle aged English stock broker who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
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- Bookseller
- Stone Soup Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56529
- Title
- The Moon and Sixpence
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap
- Date Published
- 1919
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
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