本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

他是常人眼中的疯子，也是终身跋涉的圣徒。在不惑之年，他抛弃了遍地的六便士，开始寻找心中的月亮。

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. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is at once a satiric cari...(展开全部)

"This is the amazing story of a little boy, Peter, who adores his mother so much that he wants to give her the moon as a present. But the moon is so far and he is so small He climbs onto his father's shoulders, but still he is not tall enough to reach the moon. He asks his cousins for help, but still Peter cannot reach the moon... After having built a huge human pyramid, he r...(展开全部)

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. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is at once a satiric cari...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

他是常人眼中的疯子，也是终身跋涉的圣徒。在不惑之年，他抛弃了遍地的六便士，开始寻找心中的月亮。

"New York Times" bestselling author Vonda N. McIntyre proves she is "blessed with both vision and genius" "(BookPage)" in this breathtaking tale -- part adventure story, part legend, and part Gothic novel-- what "Publishers Weekly" calls "a marvelous alternative history fable." In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. From the Hall of Mirrors to...(展开全部)

冯达·N.麦金泰尔（Vonda N. McIntyre） 美国著名的科幻、奇幻小说作家。1948年生于路易斯维尔，1970年获得华盛顿大学生物学荣誉学士学位，1971年开始发表作品。 其作品五次登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。1973年其中篇小说《雾草沙》获得星云奖，1978年根据《雾草沙》扩展而成的长篇小说《梦蛇》获得星云奖和雨果奖，1997年《太阳王与海妖》力压乔治•R.R.马丁《权力的游戏》获星云奖。此外，她还写过一些《星际迷航》和《星球大战》的小说。目前居住在西雅图。

William Somerset Maugham nWilliam Somerset Maugham (25 January 1874-16 December 1965) was a British playwright， novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. nAfter losing both his parents by the age of 10， Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to b...(展开全部)