THE MOON AND SIXPENCE
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1125620269
- ISBN 13
- 9781125620267
- Seller
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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
- Rare Book Cellar (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 135375
- Title
- THE MOON AND SIXPENCE
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Vintage Copy
- ISBN 10
- 1125620269
- ISBN 13
- 9781125620267
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- 1125620269
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