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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. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Moon and Sixpence (version 2), The by W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965‪)‬ LibriVox

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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. (Summary by Wikipedia)

    01 - Chapter 1

    01 - Chapter 1

    • 15 min
    02 - Chapters 2 and 3

    02 - Chapters 2 and 3

    • 14 min
    03 - Chapters 4, 5, and 6

    03 - Chapters 4, 5, and 6

    • 18 min
    04 - Chapters 7, 8, and 9

    04 - Chapters 7, 8, and 9

    • 22 min
    05 - Chapters 10, 11, and 12

    05 - Chapters 10, 11, and 12

    • 35 min
    06 - Chapters 13, 14, and 15

    06 - Chapters 13, 14, and 15

    • 27 min

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