{"product_id":"the-moon-and-sixpence-9789357991186","title":"The Moon and Sixpence","description":"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. \"The Moon and Sixpence\" is the story of the demands that can be placed on a tortured artistic soul and consequently the lives that it touches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaugham, W. Somerset:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - William Somerset Maugham was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. His first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), a study of life in the slums, attracted attention, but it was as a playwright that he first achieved national celebrity. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. In 1927, he settled in the south of France, and lived there until his death in 1965.","brand":"Delhi Open Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50403079651602,"sku":"9789357991186","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0363106b-8e7d-474b-9113-70b005ebd458.jpg?v=1754896225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-moon-and-sixpence-9789357991186","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}