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   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.

   • Author: W. Somerset Maugham

   • Publish Year: 1922

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   Apr 25, 2015 · On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

   • Author: W. Somerset Maugham

   • Publish Year: 1922

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   ON A CHINESE SCREEN is a series of short vignettes based on his observations from a lengthy sojourn in China around 1919. Portraits of Chinese and Westerners of all varieties, and as always acutely observed and possibly slightly embellished.

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   ON A CHINESE SCREEN I THE RISING OF THE CURTAIN You come to the row of hovels that leads to the gate of the city. They are built of dried mud and so dilapidated that you feel a breath of wind will lay them flat upon the dusty earth from which they have been made. A string of camels, heavily laden, steps warily past you.

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   Aug 3, 2010 · In the resulting collection we encounter Western missionaries, army officers and company managers who are culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Maugham...

7. archive.org › details › cu31924087125385On a Chinese screen : Maugham, W. Somerset, (William Somerset ...

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   Nov 6, 2009 · On a Chinese screen : Maugham, W. Somerset, (William Somerset), 1874-1965 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Maugham, W. Somerset, (William Somerset), 1874-1965. Publication date. 1922. Publisher. New York, George H. Doran company. Collection. cornell; americana. Contributor. Cornell University Library. Language. English

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   • I hold Maugham in such high regard, and he never lets me down. ON A CHINESE SCREEN is a series of short vignettes based on his observations from a lengthy sojourn in China around 1919. Portraits of Chinese and Westerners of all varieties, and as always acutely observed and possibly slightly embellished.

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   Maugham Spent The Winter Months Of 1919-20 Travelling 1500 Miles Up The Yangtze River. Always More Interested In People Than Places He Gave Full Rein To A Sensitive And Philosophical Nature: On A...