The moon and sixpence
W Somerset Maugham; Robert Hardy; Audible, Inc.
- Tullamarine, Victoria Bolinda Audio, 2008
- ill ill.; 12 cm. 1 audio disc (MP3 CD) (7 hr., 33 min.) : digital, stereo ;
Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications.