The Moon and Sixpence
by W. Somerset Maugham
“How much would you sacrifice to capture the light of the moon?”
Charles Strickland was a respectable stockbroker until a sudden, savage obsession with painting drove him to abandon his life and family for the unknown. This masterful psychological portrait tracks a man who sacrifices everything—morality, comfort, and sanity—to capture a vision that only he can see. Journey from the salons of London to the wild heart of Tahiti in a story about the devastating, beautiful cost of true genius.
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