Summary Individual Reading - 6

The Moon and Sixpence.

  It is Tiare who introduced Dr. Coutras to Crabbe. The doctor reveals Strickland's lst years that died of leprosy. Ata consider herself to be separated from the other people and decides her husband should live with her in isolation too. Anyway Dr. Coutras is allowed to have a visits to them. Several years later the doctor has a chance to visit them again and founds out Strickland is dead. The walls of the house inside are painted with Strickland's hand, it seems to the doctor so mysterious. Nevertheless Coutras feels such a great impression being recognized a kind of a genius in Strickland. 

  As the matter of fact Strickland himself makes him whole soul to penetrate into his last masterpiece. He releases the demon that has possessed him for many many years. Ata as she promised burns the house down after Strickland's death.

  As the result the narrator comes back to London and meets Mrs. Strickland, Strickland's ex-wife. The narrator founds out she has many of the reproductions of Strickland's paintings. Mrs. Strickland has grown-up children. For some unstated reason the narrator remembers Strickland's horrible death. Anyway his death is not in vain.