Moon and Sixpence, The
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Not Applicable
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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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
- Reading Habit (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GENFIC78331
- Title
- Moon and Sixpence, The
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Illustrator
- Brown, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Applicable
- Edition
- Heron Books Edition
- Publisher
- Heron Books
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Keywords
- General Fiction, W. Somerset Maugham, Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction; Classics;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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