On a Chinese screen
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-19651985
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Maugham presents, in a sequence of vignettes the extraordinary range of European types resident in China during his travels there between 1919 and 1920. The book, which shows Westerners out of depth in Chinese civilization, has since become somewhat of an important historical document.
Main title:
On a Chinese screen / W. Somerset Maugham ; with an introduction by H.J. Lethbridge.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1985.
Collation:
xviii,237p. ; 22cm.
Notes:
Facsim of: ed. published London : Heinemann, 1922.Bibliography: pxvi-xviii.
ISBN:
9780195838633 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
138287
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