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The Moon and Sixpence

W. Somerset Maugham

The Moon and Sixpence — A narrator reconstructs the life of Charles Strickland, an English stockbroker who abandons family and comfort to become a painter. His path from London through Paris to Tahiti explores art, freedom, obsession, and the human cost of creation.

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