Ind. Reading " The Moon and The Sixpence". Part 1

The narrator remembered his youth and events occurred at that time. He was a beginner writer and succeeded in this occupation. So people, interested in art, began inviting him to have a tea. One day, he got an invitation for breakfast from Mrs. Strickland and accepted it with pleasure.

Mrs. Strickland was a kind of woman who liked both speaking with writers and reading their books. It was her passion. She believed that it helped her to go out from a daily routine.  The narrator sympathized her while she was glad that could influence the direction of a young artistic mind.  Her family seemed to be quite ordinary. Mr. Strickland was a mediocre, hard-working man who didn’t like the ardour of his wife. Their children were the exact copy of their mother.

After a small separation, the narrator suddenly knew that Mr. Strickland left his wife and children without money and lived now in Paris. Nobody could believe this treacherous action. Making an attempt to help the poor woman, the story teller agreed to go to Paris and illuminate the mystery.