Moon and Sixpence

by W. Somerset Maugham

21 chapters7h 51mEnglish1919

About this book

This Maugham novel is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told by the narrator as he gradually comes to know the main character Charles Strickland, a middle aged stock broker. We follow Strickland from the point where he abruptly abandons his wife and children to become an artist, through his life in Paris and Marseille to Tahiti where he eventually dies of leprosy (Summary by Andy Minter)

Chapters (21)

1Chapter 1

840

2Chapters 2 & 3

760

3Chapters 4,5 & 6

1079

4Chapters 7,8 & 9

1198

5Chapters 10,11 & 12

1942

6Chapters 13,14 & 15

1513

7Chapters 16,17 & 18

756

8Chapters 19,20 & 21

1788

9Chapters 22,23 & 24

1273

10Chapters 25,26 & 27

1288

11Chapters 28,29 & 30

1609

12Chapters 31,32 & 33

908

13Chapters 34,35 & 36

896

14Chapters 37,38 & 39

1355

15Chapters 40,41 & 42

1916

16Chapters 43,44 & 45

1357

17Chapters 46,47 & 48

2149

18Chapters 49,50 & 51

1529

19Chapters 52,53 & 54

1351

20Chapters 55 & 56

1409

21Chapters 57 & 58

1345

Moon and Sixpence

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