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The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

W. Somerset Maugham

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Editorial:
Wildside Press
Año de edición:
2007
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781434401366

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The Moon and Sixpence, originally published in 1919, is based on the life of the artist Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the life of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker who abandons his wife and children to pursue painting.

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