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Moon and Sixpence (version 2)

Moon and Sixpence (version 2)

Di: W. Somerset Maugham
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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. (Summary by Wikipedia)Copyright General Genre Arte Letteratura e narrativa Storia e critica della letteratura
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