The Moon and Sixpence (Dover Value Editions)
by W. Somerset Maugham
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Author: W. Somerset MaughamEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-01-20
ISBN: 0486446026
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Review: An easy bit of second-tier literature to devour...
Summary: 4 Stars
The Moon and Sixpence is a short, intelligent, well-written, sophisticated, episodic piece of second-class literature written by a first-class (though not genius-level) writer.
It is not featured on the MLA's list of the hundred best novels of the 20th century, and I can see why--withal its superiority to inferior works that ARE on the list.
Maugham has a very pleasing (though not dumbed-down) style, which makes for swift and pleasurable reading. This book is not as good as The Razor's Edge or Of Human Bondage, but it is not something one would be ashamed to have on the resume either. It's a book that can be read in a day, and which probably won't change your life...but it should enhance you nonetheless.
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