
The Moon and Sixpence
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Frederick Davidson
Charles Strickland, the central character, is a stock broker in London. One day, at the age of 40, he leaves his business, his wife, and their children and goes to Paris. He has neither money nor prospects. He knows almost nothing of art. But he is seized with a passion to paint, and for the rest of his life nothing else matters to him. He gives up everything to which he has been accustomed for extreme poverty, social ostracism, and the freedom to paint. When he finally dies of leprosy in Tahiti, where he had gone native, the few paintings that turn up for sale bring only six to 10 francs apiece. But he has achieved his desire to create beauty and, with the years, the world fully recognizes his blazing genius.
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Slow start, but s great story.
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Frederick Davidson had previously ruined another Audible I purchased and returned. For various reasons, I had to stomach his ridiculous reading style through, this time: he is unbearable. And dulcis in fundo, he reads the last line of the whole book is such a way that is shockingly callous, abrupt, and doesn't allow the listener to gently come to a landing (so to speak) of this long journey... He just reads it with his idiotic intonation that does not know how to sound an actual full stop!
If you have a chance, read the physical book.
The story is good--almost a "take 2"/alternative version of "Of Human Bondage" by the same author... there are some elements in common between the two (the love of visual arts, the fascination with artists' lives, and so on), but "The Moon and Sixpence" is actually a tighter, more precise narrative, and strangely without a proper central character: the stage is ultimately shared by Strickland as much as by the narrator and other characters who populate the narrative with their own important presence. In fact, if anything, Strickland/Gauguin's elusiveness (his shallow characterization) is W. Somerset Maugham's major flaw here.
5-star to Somerset Maugham, 0-stars to Davidson
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I belong to the second category. I wonder how anyone can be so enthralled by his/her own voice that she/he completely loses any self criticism.
The story I had already read several times. I like Maugham very much.
I find this novel original . It makes one reflect a lot about the human mind.
Strange
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Fascinating, discomforting, and worthwhile
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chef d'oeuvre
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Entertaining!
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Another wonderful narration by Frederick Davidson
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Disappointing
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Dated but very much worth the listen
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….leaves a person disturbed, uneasy, and wondering about many things….(Things near, distant and unknown).
Wonderings about oneself + how this story fits (if at all) within the world/space one occupies themselves. But mostly (for me), I am left with the question: How do I account for this tale + should I gain a message or lesson with which to fortify my own life’s travels?
Strange novel which is not like many modern/American stories
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