 Cover of the first UK edition | |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Biographical novel |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
Publication date | 15 April 1919 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 263 pp |
| OCLC | 22207227 |
| 823.912 | |
| LC Class | PR6025.A86 M6 |
| Preceded by | Of Human Bondage |
| Followed by | The Painted Veil |
| Text | The Moon and Sixpence at Wikisource |
The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is, in part, based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.