Far Eastern Tales

By: W. Somerset Maugham

Narrated by: Robert Powell

Far eastern Tales is a collection of Maugham's short stories, all born of his experiences in Malaysia, Singapore, and other outposts of the former British Empire. The stories included on this recording are Footprints in the Jungle, Mabel, P & O, The Door of Oportunity, The Buried Talent, Before the Party, Mr. Know-all, Neil MacAdam, The End of the Flight and The Force of Circumstance.©2014 Audible, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Short tales from British colonial times. Author is master of visual descriptors,

I like the efficient use of words to convey thought and paint a picture.
I dislike abrupt endings.

Gimlet eyed view of human folly & human compassion

You can't go wrong. Somerset Maugham with his sophisticated understanding and emrace of the ambiguities of the human character. And a great reader. Savor . . .

Perfect prose

One of my all time favorite authors, Maugham is a master story teller. The narrator did a wonderful job of capturing the moods of each tale. His timing and inflection were superb.

These stories bring back my memories of Malaysia

Well narrated and a delight to listen to because the stories conjur up my many travels to Malaysia, Barneo and Burma. Go and travel, if you can!

A great variety of short stories

As expected, some are better than others. The narration is superb his mastery of the short story is evident.