The Moon and Sixpence

William Somerset Maugham

Penguin Books, 1919 - Fiction - 217 pages

On a trip to research French artist Paul Gauguin, Maugham sailed into Tahiti's Papeet harbor, where he imagined an exotic tale of the ultimate outsider, one who rejects his entire way of life to pursue an obsession. The result of his efforts is a story of rebellion and escape from civilization which continues to attract and captivate readers to this day. Introduction by Perry Meisel.

Contents

• Section 1: 5
• Section 2: 27
• Section 3: 37

About the author

Writer William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris on January 25, 1874. He attended St. Thomas's Medical School in London. A prolific writer, Maugham produced novels, short stories, plays, and an autobiographical novel, "Of Human Bondage." Although he remains popular for his novels and short stories, when he was alive his plays, now dated, were also popular, and in 1908 four of his plays ran simultaneously. Maugham died in Nice, France, on December 16, 1965.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Moon and Sixpence; A Penguin book: Fiction; Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin Series; Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham; Penguin Books; Penguin twentieth-century classics
• Author: William Somerset Maugham
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Penguin Books, 1919
• ISBN: 0140185976, 9780140185973
• Length: 217 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Psychological