The Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965 creator text utu 1995 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Moon and Sixpence" by W. Somerset Maugham is a novel published in 1919. It follows Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker who abruptly abandons his wife and children to pursue his obsession with becoming an artist. Living in poverty and indifferent to those around him, Strickland destroys relationships in his single-minded pursuit of art and beauty. Inspired by Paul Gauguin's life, the story explores the myth of the artist-genius through a journey from London to Paris to Tahiti. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_and_Sixpence Release date is 1995-02-01 Charles Keller and John Hamm Original publication data not identified England -- Fiction Psychological fiction Painters -- Fiction Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/222 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/222 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133028.0 222