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The Moon and Sixpence
- Letto da: Frederick Davidson
- Durata: 7 ore e 34 min
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Charles Strickland, the central character, is a stock broker in London. One day, at the age of 40, he leaves his business, his wife, and their children and goes to Paris. He has neither money nor prospects. He knows almost nothing of art. But he is seized with a passion to paint, and for the rest of his life nothing else matters to him. He gives up everything to which he has been accustomed for extreme poverty, social ostracism, and the freedom to paint. When he finally dies of leprosy in Tahiti, where he had gone native, the few paintings that turn up for sale bring only six to 10 francs apiece. But he has achieved his desire to create beauty and, with the years, the world fully recognizes his blazing genius.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- reggie p
- 10/10/2005
great, simply great
This didn't make any sense to me at first...just seemed like a lot of rambling. Things started to pick up and come together around the 4th chapter and then they got great, really great.
This is a story about a writer writing a story about an artist. The characters are terrific and the plot unexpected. Although the book is relatively short, I felt nothing was left out. It was concise and complex, and I was fully engaged to the end.
The narrator did an absolutely superb job. He's one of the best I've heard.
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Generale4 out of 5 stars
- Michael
- 20/07/2007
Fascinating, discomforting, and worthwhile
The first few chapters might get you worried, rest assured after this extended idle this novel gets going. The novel is an exploration of character and philosophy, which may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I really enjoyed it. The story examines the depth of the veneer of society and the utility of endeavor, even for art, at the expense of all else.
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- Alan
- 26/04/2005
a great reading by a great reader
excellent.
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Generale1 out of 5 stars
- Hannes
- 15/12/2006
I've heard better
On the basis of Maugham Trembling Leaf which I HIGHLY recommend, I tried this by the same narrator Davidson, one of my absolute favorites. But this story is a nonstop sequence of cliches with unbearably protracted monologues by the rather shallow and empty character of the storyteller of a pithy pseudophilosophical nature. The characters are hackneyed and utterly predictable. Davidson (the narrator) is great with great novels but his attempts at accents and an inferior text make it seem sillier than it already is.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- Waligora
- 02/06/2005
chef d'oeuvre
complexity of life and art and love is written with so much intelligence and humour, that even with my difficult english (I'm french), I appreciate this book as one of the best book I ever read, near Dostoievski or Garcia Marquez.
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- Lana T
- 05/08/2022
Another wonderful narration by Frederick Davidson
I am rereading this after 40 years and 3 visits to French Polynesia and viewing Gaugin's works around the world. Mr Maugham brings Tahiti to life.
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- Charlotte Ravry
- 01/04/2022
Strange
Strange how some persons love the reader and some can’t stand him.
I belong to the second category. I wonder how anyone can be so enthralled by his/her own voice that she/he completely loses any self criticism.
The story I had already read several times. I like Maugham very much.
I find this novel original . It makes one reflect a lot about the human mind.
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- Tony
- 29/03/2022
Strange novel which is not like many modern/American stories
“The Moon Sixpence”
….leaves a person disturbed, uneasy, and wondering about many things….(Things near, distant and unknown).
Wonderings about oneself + how this story fits (if at all) within the world/space one occupies themselves. But mostly (for me), I am left with the question: How do I account for this tale + should I gain a message or lesson with which to fortify my own life’s travels?
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- Granny
- 04/01/2022
Slow start, but s great story.
The narrator was excellent in pivoting from one character to another. The slight inflection in voice kept my interest. After the first couple of chapters, I was irrevocably hooked. This wasn't a neat, tidy happy ending tale. The drama and challenges of the characters were told in such a way that you wanted to know more. The author didn't leave you dangling trying to understand each person and truly brought the motives of all full circle. Well done!
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- DeeCee
- 22/11/2021
Disappointing
Most of the characters were unsympathetic. The plot (such as it was) was hard to follow. I am a fan of the movie The Razor’s Edge but I don’t feel interested in reading any more by Maugham.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- Chris
- 01/10/2008
Penetrating characterisations
Without sinking into the drone of psycho-babble, WSM creates and explores really colourful characters whose interaction reveals the nature of human being. We travel with these characters through a most engaging story, told with incredibly vivid use of language. I always imagined there must be a story behind the paintings of Gaugin; here it is. The narration is first class. If you haven't yet heard this audiobook then a treat awaits you.
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- JSM
- 12/04/2022
Too long
There’s a glitch in chapter 7 with about 3 hours 31 seconds to go it jumps to another part in the story.
The story itself is ok but meanders towards the end and includes some racist language and attitudes that were prevalent at the time of writing.
It is also well read even though you can hear the reader moving around and the shuffling of paper/script.
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- Vanessa H.
- 11/02/2022
slow start
I almost gave up twice at the beginning of the book going off to listen to other books. once you are beyond the biography bit and the story starts in ernest it is well worth the listening. narration is old fashioned but possibly well suited
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- Ms. L. Benjamin
- 02/12/2021
very good
I like Somerset Maugham's books, the way they go into a personality and what drives them.
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- richard2
- 13/05/2022
Interesting but very flawed
Somewhat compulsive, yet it is hideously sexist and pretty racist too. Also - the narrator sounds a bit like Kenneth Williams! Perhaps the connection with Gaugin gives it some substance. The general impression is rather distasteful somehow. Perhaps Maugham was a misogynist and racist, or just an Englishman of his era, or perhaps it is just easy to confuse the author’s attitude with that of ‘Strickland’, the protagonist.
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- Utente anonimo
- 09/05/2022
Always excellent
I found this to be an excellent, if western, reflection on beauty, suffering and the artist struggle for meaning in a world that only they truly understand and which does not understand them. The unnamed narrator is wholly and fundamentally set in the ranks of the English middle class and shares their prejudices. It is from that perspective the narrative explores its themes and it is interesting that the principle character and subject of story only finds his true, artistic voice in the company of what the narrator keeps referring to as 'natives'. His parting comment shows perhaps the authors more enlighten view behind that of his narrator. All in all a thoroughly good listen.
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- BClose
- 28/08/2023
A wonderful novel brilliantly narrated.
So beautifully written and the narration was wonderful.What a compelling story with extraordinary,vivid characters.After a slow start, as another commentator has said, the novel gathers pace and is gripping until the very end.I found the ending deeply moving.
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- Lins
- 16/07/2023
Fascinating story
A brilliant book as you would expect from Somerset Maugham and read perfectly., I loved it.
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- K K Scott
- 11/07/2023
Is it Gauguin
Great book, highly recommended for detail, description, characters. Started off a bit slowly but soon got into it. May be a bit old fashioned for some and the treatment of women generally is tough. However, this is an interesting story of the time which some readers feel is based on Paul Gauguin. Highly recommended.
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- John Rodda
- 22/06/2023
A Maugham Masterpiece
A captivating story with a desperate sadness of the human condition expertly woven so intricately into the characters’ lives.
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