Reading The Moon and Sixpence | Alexandria
Read The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham. Following one stockbroker's rejection of Victorian domesticity, this icon illuminates how the pursuit of artistic truth demands destroying comfortable illusions. Maugham's antihero shows that genius often requires ruthless authenticity - even at the cost of conventional morality and human bonds. His radical proposition? True creativity means embracing our savage nature.