2 A summary of the novel
>> This story is based on the French impressionist painter Paul gauguin's life.
>> It describes an ordinary London stock broker Strickland, who was addicted to the art, abandoned his wife and children, abandoned his wealthy and happy life, went to went to Paris, determined to find his art. Five years later, Strickland was down and out, but he was still in his dream and never regretted it. In the pursuit of art, his talent was gradually recognized.
>> He was born in a lawyer's family. His parents died early, so his uncle brought him back to England. He studied medicine in university but later, instead, he turned to write.
Later he went to the south Pacific Tahiti. He composed his bright life with pen, and Injected his value of life into the canvas. Then he married a native womanand had three children. But not for long, his children died and he suffered from leprosy. The struggle of poverty and the torment of the disease didn't hit him down. He just regretted that he had never visited his consciousness. After his death, his wife followed his last wishes, destroyed his legacy.