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)
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length5 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
32XXIX ARABESQUE
2I THE RISING OF THE CURTAIN
33XXX THE CONSUL
3II MY LADY'S PARLOUR
34XXXI THE STRIPLING
4III THE MONGOL CHIEF
35XXXII THE FANNINGS
5IV THE ROLLING STONE
36XXXIII THE SONG OF THE RIVER
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6V THE CABINET MINISTER
37XXXIV MIRAGE
7VI DINNER PARTIES
38XXXV THE STRANGER
8I: LEGATION QUARTER
39XXXVI DEMOCRACY
9II: AT A TREATY PORT
40XXXVII THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
10VII THE ALTAR OF HEAVEN
41XXXVIII THE PHILOSOPHER
11VIII THE SERVANTS OF GOD
42XXXIX THE MISSIONARY LADY
12IX THE INN
43XL A GAME OF BILLIARDS
13X THE GLORY HOLE
44XLI THE SKIPPER
14XI FEAR
45XLII THE SIGHTS OF THE TOWN
15XII THE PICTURE
46XLIII NIGHTFALL
16XIII HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S REPRESENTATIVE
47XLIV THE NORMAL MAN
17XIV THE OPIUM DEN
48XLV THE OLD TIMER
18XV THE LAST CHANCE
49XLVI THE PLAIN
19XVI THE NUN
50XLVII FAILURE
20XVII HENDERSON
51XLVIII A STUDENT OF THE DRAMA
21XVIII DAWN
52XLIX THE TAIPAN
22XIX THE POINT OF HONOUR
53L METEMPSYCHOSIS
23XX THE BEAST OF BURDEN
54LI THE FRAGMENT
24XXI DR. MACALISTER
55LII ONE OF THE BEST
25XXII THE ROAD
56LIII THE SEA-DOG
26XXIII GOD'S TRUTH
57LIV THE QUESTION
27XXIV ROMANCE
58LV THE SINOLOGUE
28XXV THE GRAND STYLE
59LVI THE VICE-CONSUL
29XXVI RAIN
60LVII A CITY BUILT ON A ROCK
30XXVII SULLIVAN
61LVIII A LIBATION TO THE GODS
31XXVIII THE DINING-ROOM
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