The cover page is adapted from Canton Waterfront (The Hongs at Canton), a painting completed circa 1840 by An Unknown Artist. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
On a Chinese Screen
Chapitres (59)
- Dedication 0:00
- I: The Rising of the Curtain 0:04
- II: My Lady’s Parlour 3:33
- III: The Mongol Chief 7:04
- IV: The Rolling Stone 9:23
- V: The Cabinet Minister 15:14
- VI: Dinner Parties 21:10
- VII: The Altar of Heaven 30:08
- VIII: The Servants of God 32:26
- IX: The Inn 39:09
- X: The Glory Hole 45:10
- XI: Fear 48:53
- XII: The Picture 1:01:16
- XIII: Her Britannic Majesty’s Representative 1:03:25
- XIV: The Opium Den 1:07:30
- XV: The Last Chance 1:09:49
- XVI: The Nun 1:12:19
- XVII: Henderson 1:14:45
- XVIII: Dawn 1:19:56
- XIX: The Point of Honour 1:24:44
- XX: The Beast of Burden 1:31:03
- XXI: Dr. Macalister 1:35:39
- XXII: The Road 1:42:49
- XXIII: God’s Truth 1:50:46
- XXIV: Romance 1:55:36
- XXV: The Grand Style 2:03:59
- XXVI: Rain 2:09:07
- XXVII: Sullivan 2:15:13
- XXVIII: The Dining-Room 2:18:02
- XXIX: Arabesque 2:23:27
- XXX: The Consul 2:24:36
- XXXI: The Stripling 2:36:28
- XXXII: The Fannings 2:38:27
- XXXIII: The Song of the River 2:45:59
- XXXIV: Mirage 2:49:13
- XXXV: The Stranger 2:52:29
- XXXVI: Democracy 3:00:52
- XXXVII: The Seventh Day Adventist 3:06:12
- XXXVIII: The Philosopher 3:09:38
- XXXIX: The Missionary Lady 3:27:12
- XL: A Game of Billiards 3:31:36
- XLI: The Skipper 3:34:06
- XLII: The Sights of Town 3:36:38
- XLIII: Nightfall 3:45:00
- XLIV: The Normal Man 3:46:46
- XLV: The Old Timer 3:55:13
- XLVI: The Plain 4:00:14
- XLVII: Failure 4:03:55
- XLVIII: A Student of the Drama 4:06:59
- XLIX: The Taipan 4:13:59
- L: Metempsychosis 4:31:45
- LI: The Fragment 4:33:38
- LII: One of the Best 4:40:53
- LIII: The Sea-Dog 4:44:28
- LIV: The Question 4:54:00
- LV: The Sinologue 4:55:44
- LVI: The Vice-Consul 4:58:43
- LVII: A City Built on a Rock 5:07:19
- LVIII: A Libation to the Gods 5:14:39
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On a Chinese Screen was first published in 1922 by Heinemann Publishers, London. Its 58 short vignettes are based on Maugham’s travels along the Yangtze River from 1919 to 1920. Although later editions of the book added the subtitle “Sketches of Life in China,” there are actually only a few descriptions of the places he visited and the local Chinese people he met; rather, Maugham focuses on relaying his encounters with a range of Europeans living and working in the country. Maugham is quite critical of many of them and their lack of interest in, and sometimes disdain, for the country and its people, except for the extent to which their careers and pockets could benefit. His sketches highlight the difficulties that many expatriates encounter while living in a foreign culture.