The Moon and Sixpence
by W. Somerset Maugham
LibriVox recording of The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham. Read by Barry Eads and Chip.
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.
