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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.
19) Paul Gauguin
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H.N. Abrams
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1993.
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English
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Examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century post-Impressionist painter known for his use of bright colors and his depiction of South Seas scenes.