The Moon and Sixpence (1919) - W. Somerset Maugham torrent

Category: Adults, Classic, Historical Fiction
Language: EnglishKeywords: Art London Paris Tahiti
Written by W. Somerset Maugham
Read by Michael Page, Neil Hunt
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 48 Kbps
Unabridged
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Release Date: 1995
Duration: 07:51:43
Although published in 1919, Maugham’s study of a man who abandons a comfortable, conventional life to pursue an overwhelming artistic impulse doesn’t seem dated. Reincarnated as an audiobook, it will give pleasure to many who wouldn’t pick it up in print.
Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham’s ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius.
Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest makes sacrifices that leaves the lives of those closest to him in tatters. Through Maugham’s sympathetic eye Stricland’s tortured and cruel soul becomes a symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the cost in humans lives it sometimes demands.
The soundtrack says Neil Hunt, Recorded Books listing is Michael Page, WorldCat lists both for Recorded Books of that date.
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Release Date: 1995
Duration: 07:51:43

Although published in 1919, Maugham’s study of a man who abandons a comfortable, conventional life to pursue an overwhelming artistic impulse doesn’t seem dated. Reincarnated as an audiobook, it will give pleasure to many who wouldn’t pick it up in print.

Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham’s ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius.

Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest makes sacrifices that leaves the lives of those closest to him in tatters. Through Maugham’s sympathetic eye Stricland’s tortured and cruel soul becomes a symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the cost in humans lives it sometimes demands.

The soundtrack says Neil Hunt, Recorded Books listing is Michael Page, WorldCat lists both for Recorded Books of that date.