Length5h 19m
About this audiobook
On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese Screen: Sketches of Life in China, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham, first published in 1922. It is a series of short sketches Maugham made during a trip along the Yangtze River in 1919-1920, and although ostensibly about China the book is equally focused on the various westerners he met during the trip and their struggles to accept or adapt to the cultural differences they encounter, which are often as enormous and as alienating as the country itself. (Wikipedia)
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length5 hrs 19 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26XXIII GOD'S TRUTH
2I THE RISING OF THE CURTAIN
27XXIV ROMANCE
3II MY LADY'S PARLOUR
28XXV THE GRAND STYLE
4III THE MONGOL CHIEF
29XXVI RAIN
5IV THE ROLLING STONE
30XXVII SULLIVAN
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6V THE CABINET MINISTER
31XXVIII THE DINING-ROOM
7VI DINNER PARTIES
32XXIX ARABESQUE
8I: LEGATION QUARTER
33XXX THE CONSUL
9II: AT A TREATY PORT
34XXXI THE STRIPLING
10VII THE ALTAR OF HEAVEN
35XXXII THE FANNINGS
11VIII THE SERVANTS OF GOD
36XXXIII THE SONG OF THE RIVER
12IX THE INN
37XXXIV MIRAGE
13X THE GLORY HOLE
38XXXV THE STRANGER
14XI FEAR
39XXXVI DEMOCRACY
15XII THE PICTURE
40XXXVII THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
16XIII HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S REPRESENTATIVE
41XXXVIII THE PHILOSOPHER
17XIV THE OPIUM DEN
42XXXIX THE MISSIONARY LADY
18XV THE LAST CHANCE
43XL A GAME OF BILLIARDS
19XVI THE NUN
44XLI THE SKIPPER
20XVII HENDERSON
45XLII THE SIGHTS OF THE TOWN
21XVIII DAWN
46XLIII NIGHTFALL
22XIX THE POINT OF HONOUR
47XLIV THE NORMAL MAN
23XX THE BEAST OF BURDEN
48XLV THE OLD TIMER
24XXI DR. MACALISTER
49XLVI THE PLAIN
25XXII THE ROAD
50XLVII FAILURE
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