The Moon and Sixpence
- First published
- 1919
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"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.
- England
- Psychological fiction
- Painters
- Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #222. The Moon and Sixpence on Wikipedia.
