On a Chinese Screen

William Somerset Maugham

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1922 - Authors, English - 227 pages

Contents

• THE RISING OF THE CURTAIN: 11
• MY LADYS PARLOUR: 14
• THE MONGOL CHIEF: 17
• THE ROLLING STONE: 19
• THE CABINET MINISTER: 23
• DINNER PARTIES: 27
• THE ALTAR OF HEAVEN: 33
• THE SERVANTS OF GOD: 35
• THE INN: 40
• PAGE: 42
• THE GLORY HOLE: 44
• FEAR: 47
• THE PICTURE: 55
• HER BRITANNIC MAJESTYS REPRESENTATIVE: 57
• THE OPIUM DEN: 60
• THE LAST CHANCE: 62
• THE NUN: 64
• HENDERSON: 66
• DAWN: 70
• THE POINT OF HONOUR: 73
• THE BEAST OF BURDEN: 77
• DR MACALISTER: 80
• THE ROAD: 85
• GODS TRUTH: 90
• ROMANCE: 94
• THE GRAND STYLE: 99
• RAIN: 103
• SULLIVAN: 107
• THE DININGROOM: 109
• ARABESQUE: 113
• THE CONSUL: 114
• THE STRIPLING: 122
• THE FANNINGS: 124
• THE SONG OF THE RIVER: 129
• MIRAGE: 131
• THE STRANGER: 134
• DEMOCRACY: 140
• THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST: 144
• THE PHILOSOPHER: 147
• THE MISSIONARY LADY: 159
• A GAME OF BILLIARDS: 162
• THE SKIPPER: 164
• THE SIGHTS OF THE TOWN: 166
• NIGHTFALL: 171
• THE NORMAL MAN: 173
• THE OLD TIMER: 179
• THE PLAIN: 183
• FAILURE: 186
• A STUDENT OF THE DRAMA: 188
• THE TAIPAN: 193
• METEMPSYCHOSIS: 204
• THE FRAGMENT: 206
• ONE OF THE BEST: 211
• THE SEADOG: 214
• THE QUESTION: 221
• THE SINOLOGUE: 223
• THE VICECONSUL: 225
• A CITY BUILT ON A ROCK: 231
• A LIBATION TO THE GODS: 236

Bibliographic information

• Title: On a Chinese Screen
• Author: William Somerset Maugham
• Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1922
• Length: 227 pages