THE MOON AND SIXPENCE is a novel by Somerset Maugham, told in episodic form by a first-person narrator, in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Moon and Sixpence / Луна и грош. Книга для чтения (Somerset Maugham)