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Far Eastern Tales

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Far Eastern Tales

By: W. Somerset Maugham
Narrated by: Robert Powell
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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. Anthologies & Short Stories Short Story Classics Fiction
Atmospheric Descriptions • Colonial Tales • Perfect Narration • Masterful Accents • Insightful Stories

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

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

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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 . . .

Gimlet eyed view of human folly & human compassion

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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.

Perfect prose

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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!

These stories bring back my memories of Malaysia

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

A great variety of short stories

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