The Moon and Sixpence
by William Somerset Maugham
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthtroubled leadsself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeAn inventive, heavy novel: unhurried and dark. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.7 / 5
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About This Book
The Moon and Sixpence is a fictional novel heavily influenced by the life of French painter Paul Gauguin. The novel is told first-person, dipping episodically into the mind of the artist. Charles Strickland is an English stock broker, who leaves everything behind him in his middle age to live in defiant squalor in Paris as an artist. His genius is eventually recognized by a Dutch painter.
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- Author
- William Somerset Maugham
- Published
- 1919
- Pages
- 238
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