Individual Reading 3. Chapter 16-25

Having learned that her husband would live separately in Paris without money but with a desire to become an artist, Mrs. Strickland as she was a strong woman, began to keep her own business, and 5 years later she already had the office in Chancery Lane and employed several girls. The narrator visited her to say that he decided to move in Paris after boring daily routine in London, and the woman told about her new life and asked the young man to send money for Charles. Having arrived in the capital of France the narrator visited his friend, a painter, Dirk Stroeve, who immediately informed him about great artist - Charles Strickland , and the men went to the cafe to meet him.

Charles Strickland changed - untrimmed beard, long hair, his body was cadaverous, and he wore the same suit he had had 5 years ago. When the small sum of money which he brought with him come to an end and he couldn't sale any his picture - he set about earning a bit of them. The man worked as a guide and as a translator and even as a house painter. But Charles Strickland suffered from no dismay, took money from the Stroeves and that's why Mrs. Stroeve hated him.

Before Christmas Strickland was seriously ill and Dick brought him to care about at his house.