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The Moon and Sixpence: Illustrated Collector's Edition
General Fiction月亮与六便士：插图珍藏版
(uk) Written By Somerset Maugham (us) Illustrated By Frederick Dole Stilly
Banker Charles Strickland was a middle-aged man with a successful career. In order to pursue his secret dream of painting, he suddenly abandoned his wife and children and ran away from home. In a foreign country, he was poor and sick, but he became more determined and persistent in his dream. He said: I have to paint, just like a drowning person has to struggle.
Banker Charles Strickland was a middle-aged man with a successful career. In order to pursue his secret dream of painting, he suddenly abandoned his wife and children and ran away from home. In a foreign country, he was poor and sick, but he became more determined and persistent in his dream. He said: I have to paint, just like a drowning person has to struggle.