On a Chinese Screen


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(4.6 stars; 21 reviews)

This is a non-fiction collection of Maugham's observations of life in Asia in the early 20th Century. (Summary by BellonaTimes) (5 hr 8 min)

Chapitres

1 The Rising of the Curtain 4:01 Lu par Bellona Times
2 My Lady's Parlour 3 The Mongol Chief 4 The Rolling Stone 10:19 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
5 The Cabinet Minister 6 Dinner Parties 7 The Altar of Heaven 19:22 Lu par AmericanThai
8 The Servants of God 9 The Inn 10 The Glory Hole 16:04 Lu par MaryAnn
11 Fear 12 The Picture 13 Her Britannic Majesty's Representative 18:51 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
14 The Opium Den 15 The Last Chance 16 The Nun 8:02 Lu par twixie313
17 Henderson 18 Dawn 19 The Point of Honour 17:06 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
20 The Beast of Burden 21 Dr. Macalister 22 The Road 18:25 Lu par MaryAnn
23 God's Truth 24 Romance 25 The Grand Style 19:05 Lu par Galen
26 Rain 27 Sullivan 28 The Dining-Room 15:43 Lu par Bellona Times
29 Arabesque 30 The Consul 31 The Stripling 12:24 Lu par NickNumber
32 The Fannings 33 The Song of the River 34 Mirage 11:14 Lu par NickNumber
35 The Stranger 36 Democracy 37 The Seventh Day Adventist 14:10 Lu par NickNumber
38 The Philosopher 39 The Missionary Lady 40 A Game of Billiards 20:23 Lu par NickNumber
41 The Skipper 42 The Sights of the Town 43 Nightfall 12:41 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
44 The Normal Man 45 The Old Timer 46 The Plain 16:06 Lu par MaryAnn
47 Failure 48 A Student of the Drama 49 The Taipan 28:13 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
50 Metempsychosis 51 The Fragment 52 One of the Best 13:01 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
53 The Sea-Dog 54 The Question 55 The Sinologue 14:14 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
56 The Vice-Consul 57 A Crrr Built on a Rock 58 Libation to the Gods 19:03 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Critiques

Wonderful!


(5 stars)

Well read, very insightful. Snapshots of the lives of westerners living in China at the turn of the century.


(5 stars)

What an interesting book. I like the short verbal snapshots of life and people. But of course WSM is one of the finest writers. Highly recommend. Good readers overall.


(4 stars)

good readers. strange and different world. author is cynical and poetic