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The Moon and the Sixpence

by: W. Somerset Maugham

Publication date: 2009-11-23

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: librivox, audiobook, Gauguin, artist

Language: English

LibriVox recording of The Moon and the Sixpence, by W. Somerset Maugham.
Read by Termin Dyan.

This Maugham novel is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told by the narrator as he gradually comes to know the main character Charles Strickland, a middle aged stock broker. We follow Strickland from the point where he abruptly abandons his wife and children to become an artist, through his life in Paris and Marseille to Tahiti, where he eventually dies of leprosy. (Summary by Andy Minter)

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Addeddate: 2009-11-23 21:11:34

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Reviewer: Un4seen - - December 9, 2014
Subject: Great Book

delightfull story to listen to made even better by an absolutly WONDERFULL reader!. I have to say I do enjoy the book better when its read by one person easier to listen to some how ... Great job, great story

Reviewer: kerriganm - - December 2, 2014
Subject: Fascinating subject read by a great voice actor

This reader is a wonderful actor who brings these characters very much to life. Great accents of various kinds. The story is engaging, but wanders into deep philosophical meanderings which leave the plot hanging. Still, I was always eager to hear the next chapter. Part of that may be that I'm a big Gaugin fan and have studied his truly unusual and baffling life. This helped answer some questions for me.

Reviewer: easyid - - February 8, 2013
Subject: Fascinating and well read

Termin Dyan (Andy Minter spelled backwards) is one of Libvrivox's best readers, and he exhibits his expertise yet again in "The Moon and Sixpence," which W. Somerset Maugham loosely based on the life of artist Paul Gauguin. Compelling book read by a master.

Reviewer: jacked - - January 18, 2011
Subject: Simply Wonderful

This book was a joy to listen to. I read it in college years ago and I continue to enjoy it. The narrator does a terrific job in presenting this story and I found myself beginning to think of him as Maugham. He really does an outstanding job on this classic.

Reviewer: TheBookworm - - January 17, 2011
Subject: Moon and Sixpence

An excellent, well paced reading of a brilliant book that asks hard questions: What do you make of a completely self absorbed genius? Was his work worth more than the "small" lives he ruined? The final line is one of the best conceived in English literature.

Thoroughly recommended! Thank you, Andy.

TheBookwom (Manchester, UK)

Reviewer: ListeninginChicago - - December 30, 2010
Subject: Excellent!

I didn't know much about Gauguin - and I'm not sure how close this story comes to reality - but it was very interesting and enjoyable to listen to. The reader (Termin Dyan) is Andy Minter - one of Librivox's best. Andy's other recordings can be found here

Reviewer: Boggins - - March 18, 2010
Subject: One of the best

This was my first real exposure to Somerset Maugham. The reader is absolutely right for the material: the whole thing was a joy. It would be a fine old world if all Librivox readers were anywhere near this good...

Reviewer: wagstaff - - November 27, 2009
Subject: Paul Gauguin - a mystery wrapped inside an enigma.

Wonderful reading of a fascinating story. Must listen for art lovers and artists.

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