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Far Eastern Tales

by W. Somerset Maugham · 1921

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Short stories, all born of Maugham's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Whether portraying a ship-borne flight from a lover's curse, murder in the jungle or the remembered East of a repatriate's suburban home, they reveal Maugham as a shrewd and human judge of character and soul.

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Setting
1920s1920sMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
traveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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