Ebook {Epub PDF} The Moon And Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

The moon and sixpence [by] W. Somerset Maugham. About this Item. Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), page scans Catalog Record. Text-Only View. Rights. Public Domain, Google-digitized. One of Maugham's most popular works, The Moon and Sixpence is a riveting story about an uncompromising and self-destructive man who forsakes wealth and comfort to pursue the life of a painter. Drifting from Paris to Marseilles, Strickland eventually settles in Tahiti, takes a mistress, and in spite of poverty and a long, terminal illness /5(). Priced $ W. Somerset Maugham THE MOON AND SIXPENCE Hardcover Melbourne William Heinemann Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Previous owner inked front end page. Toning to pages. Scuffing and toning to front and rear panels. Bumped corners. Edg.

Moon and sixpence Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr. Share to Pinterest. Share via email. Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), , Gauguin, Paul, W. Somerset Maugham Copy Bookmark "People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force; and the thing it stands for, sharing its name with a hundred trivial objects, is deprived of dignity. This extract from "The Moon and Sixpence" by W. Somerset Maugham is written by vivid, ironic language. It is a few poor artist, whose work were thought of by contemporaries absurd. And they had been much stunned when sellers from Paris and Berlin started to supply for them the huge sums. Strickland didn't make impression on individuals.

"The Moon and Sixpence" is a novel written by British novelist William Somerset Maugham. It was written in It was written in The work describes an originally ordinary London stockbroker Strickland, who suddenly fell into the magic of art, abandoned his wife and children, abandoned the prosperous and happy life of others, and went to Tahiti in the South Pacific. The Moon and Sixpence (New York: Doran, ) My copy is the secondary state of the American first edition. I bought it mainly for the misspelling of Maugham's name on the cover and the spine. I finished rereading it just now. It is a most powerful and engaging novel. In structure and theme, The Moon and Sixpence is a precursor to one of Maugham's most beloved works, The Razor's Edge. In that novel, the Maugham authorial persona labors to understand a religious seeker who throws away a traditional life to chase the idea of eternal bliss.