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The Moon and Sixpence
Paperback
Publisher Price: $24.95
Publisher: Lushena Books
Published: Oct 15 2025
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham is a novel inspired by the life of painter Paul Gauguin. It tells the story of Charles Strickland, a seemingly ordinary London stockbroker who abandons his wife, children, and comfortable life to pursue his passion for art.
Obsessed with painting, Strickland sacrifices everything-social respectability, family ties, even his health-in his quest for artistic expression. His relentless pursuit of beauty leads him to Paris and eventually to Tahiti, where he creates powerful, original works but lives in poverty and isolation.
The novel explores themes of obsession, the destructive demands of genius, and the clash between conventional morality and artistic freedom, raising questions about the cost of true creativity.
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