The Moon and Sixpence

Name: The Moon and Sixpence
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
ISBN: 9781455100026

Author: W. Somerset Maugham

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

This novel follows the life of Paul Gauguin, famous French postimpressionist painter, but it is not a novelized biography of Gauguin. Rather it is a sharply delineated, carefully wrought private life, written by a literary master.

About W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and, reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s. His semiautobiographical Of Human Bondage is considered to be his masterpiece. Other notable works by Maugham include The Moon and Sixpence, The Razor's Edge, Cakes and Ale, and The Gentleman in the Parlour.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ilse on August 03, 2021

Life isn’t long enough for love and art. Years ago I read and thoroughly enjoyed W. Somerset Maugham’s Theatre, so when I found a copy of The Moon and Sixpence in the bookcase, it looked the perfect breezy weekend diversion I was looking for before I would embark on the finale of Thomas Mann’ s D......more

Goodreads review by Rajat on July 20, 2015

Fair warning, this is going to be a long review for this is a book that is close to my heart written by an author whom I deeply admire. The Right Time There are some books that walk into your life at an opportune time. I'm talking about the books that send a pleasant shiver down your spine laden with......more

Goodreads review by Georgia on April 13, 2024

Remember your first taste of beer as a kid? Sour, not sweet like a soft drink, it was hard to swallow. Still you tried. That was me reading The Moon and Sixpence. I hated Strickland, the stockbroker turned painter who deserts his wife and children to go off to Paris and Tahiti. His every word was re......more