Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence was written in 1919. In this novel, Maugham narrates the whole story in the first person way. The plot of this book is based on the life of Gauguin, a French post impressionist painter. The protagonist was a stockbroker. In his middle age, he left everything to live with the indigenous people in Tahiti in the South Pacific Ocean. He got inspiration and created many masterpieces of art. The theme of escapism revealed in the novel coincides with the pursuit of many people in the West and becomes a popular novel in the 20th century.