Brief introduction of the moon and sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence is one of the three representative works of English novelist william somerset maugham, written in 19 19. In this novel, Mao Mu tells the whole story in the first person. The plot of this book is based on the life of Gauguin, a French post-impressionist painter. The protagonist, who was originally a securities broker, gave up everything in middle age to live with the aborigines in Tahiti, South Pacific, and was inspired to create many artistic masterpieces. The theme of escapism revealed by the novel is consistent with the pursuit of many people in the west and has become a popular novel in the 20th century.

Content introduction:

This work is narrated from the perspective of the first person. The hero is a writer and knows the strickland family. The family looks happy, but Mr. Strickland always seems to lack vitality. Strickland soon left his family and went to Paris, determined to find his own "art".

The hero finds Strickland, and he is determined to struggle out of this life. Mrs strickland later found the skills to make a living and lived a good life. Five years later, the hero met Strickland in Paris. He lives in poverty, but he is still immersed in his dreams and never regrets it. In the process of pursuing art, his talent was gradually recognized.

Later, Strickland decided to abandon civilized life and came to Tahiti near the primitive South Pacific island, where he met the hero by chance. Strickland married an indigenous girl, gave birth to three children, and spent three short and happy years.

Later, the child died and he got leprosy. I finally finished a masterpiece on the wall when I was blind. The indigenous wife buried him according to his wishes and destroyed his legacy, although the hero deeply regretted it. And the hero also understands his pursuit in painting.