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The Moon and Sixpence

1919 novel by W Somerset Maugham
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Summary

The Moon and Sixpence is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,476 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: William Somerset Maugham[3]
  • Publisher: Heinemann[4]
  • Genre: biographical novel[5]
  • Named after: Moon[6], sixpence[7]
  • Based on: Paul Gauguin[8]
  • Follows: Of Human Bondage[9]
  • Language of work or name: British English[10]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[11]
  • Inception: 1919[12]
  • Publication date: 1919[13]
  • Has edition or translation: Q137848279[14], Q138649431[15], Q138714965[16]
  • Narrative location: Paris[17]
  • Number of pages: 263[18]
  • Title: The Moon and Sixpence[19]
  • Copyright status: public domain[20]
  • Form of creative work: novel[21]

Why It Matters

The Moon and Sixpence has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

literary work public domain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Somerset Maugham

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Podbrushkin · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 22
    Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'ka', 'kk', '
    Fantlab work id → 215025
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 5w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → Paul Gauguin
    Named after → Moon, sixpence
    Namuwiki id → 달과 6펜스
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Title: The Moon and Sixpence"
  3. 5w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → Paris
    Author → William Somerset Maugham
    Instance of → literary work
    Language of work or name → British English
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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