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On a Chinese ScreenW. Somerset Maugham

On a Chinese Screen

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Original author: W. Somerset Maugham

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"On a Chinese Screen" by W. Somerset Maugham is a travel book published in 1922. Based on Maugham's journey along the Yangtze River in 1919–1920, this collection of short sketches captures life in China through fifty-eight vignettes. While ostensibly about China, the book focuses equally on the Westerners Maugham encountered—examining their struggles to accept or adapt to enormous cultural differences as alienating as the country itself.

On a Chinese Screen, by W. Somerset Maugham. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #48788.

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8 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter LVIII: A Libation to the Gods 2363,223 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: Legation Quarter947 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: At a Treaty Port (1)8,788 words
  4. 4.Chapter II: At a Treaty Port (2)8,766 words
  1. 5.Chapter II: At a Treaty Port (3)8,881 words
  2. 6.Chapter II: At a Treaty Port (4)8,824 words
  3. 7.Chapter II: At a Treaty Port (5)8,778 words
  4. 8.Chapter II: At a Treaty Port (6)2,111 words