The Moon and Sixpence

1919. Maugham, English novelist, short-story writer, and playwright is best remembered for his novel Of Human Bondage. The Moon and Sixpence is loosely based on the life of painter Paul Gauguin. The story focuses on Charles Strickland, a London stockbroker who shocks friends and family by throwing his staid life aside to live in squalor in Paris as a painter. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.