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On a Chinese Screen
On a Chinese Screen / by W. Somerset Maugham. - London : William Heinemann, 1922. - 237 p. ; 20 cm
Creator
- Maugham, W. Somerset
Publisher
- Heinemann
Subject
- Literature
Type of item
- Text
Date
- 1922
- 1922
Creator
- Maugham, W. Somerset
Publisher
- Heinemann
Subject
- Literature
Type of item
- Text
Date
- 1922
- 1922
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Place-Time
- London
Source
- Electronic reproduction San Francisco Internet Archive
Language
- eng
Year
- 1922
Providing country
- Italy
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-06-21T13:53:05.962Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-12-20T15:17:22.545Z
Table of contents
- Coperta -- Guardia -- By W. Somerset Maugham -- Frontespizio -- Verso del Frontespizio -- For Syrie -- Contents -- I. The rising of the curtain -- II. My lady's parlour -- III. The mongol chief -- IV. The rolling stone -- V. The cabinet minister -- VI. Dinner parties -- VII. The altar of heaven -- VIII. The servants of God -- IX. Th inn -- X. The glory hole -- XI. Fear -- XII. The picture -- XIII. Her Britannic Majesty's representative -- XIV. The opium den -- XV. The last chance -- XVI. The nun -- XVII. Henderson -- XVIII. Dawn -- XIX. The point of honour -- XX. The beast of burden -- XXI. Dr. Macalister -- XXII. The road -- XXIII. God's truth -- XXIV. Romance -- XXV. The grand style -- XXVI. Rain -- XXVII. Sullivan -- XXVIII. The dining room -- XXIX. Arabesque -- XXX. The consul -- XXXI. The stripling -- XXXII. The fannings -- XXXIII. The song of the river -- XXXIV. Mirage -- XXXV. The stranger -- XXXVI. Democracy -- XXXVII. The seventh day adventist -- XXXVIII. The philosopher -- XXXIX. The missionary lady -- XL. A game of billiards -- XLI. The skipper -- XLII. The sights of the town -- XLIII. Nightfall -- XLIV. The normal man -- XLV. The old timer -- XLVI. The plain -- XLVII. Failure -- XLVIII. A student of the drama -- XLIX. The taipan -- L. Metempsychosis -- LI. The fragment -- LII. One of the best -- LIII. The sea-dog -- LIV. The question -- LV. The sinologue -- LVI. The vice-consul -- LVII. A city built on a rock -- LVIII. A libation to the gods -- Guardia -- Coperta