The Moon and Sixpence - Translation, Classics Library 012

Author: W Somerset Maugham
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: To be honest, when I first met Charles Strickland, I never noticed anything remarkable about him. But today, few people deny his greatness. The greatness I refer to is not the kind of greatness of a politician who hits the jackpot or a soldier who achieves military success; such people achieve fame for a time, and it is more a reflection of their position than their inherent qualities. Once the circumstances change, their greatness fades. People often find that a former prime minister was just a bombastic orator in his prime; a retired general is merely an unremarkable local hero...