This is a non-fiction collection of Maugham's observations of life in Asia in the early 20th Century.

Latest episodes of the podcast On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham

• 01 - The Rising of the Curtain
• 02 - 2 My Lady's Parlour 3 The Mongol Chief 4 The Rolling Stone
• 03 - 5 The Cabinet Minister 6 Dinner Parties 7 The Altar of Heaven
• 04 - 8 The Servents of God 9 The Inn 10 The Glory Hole
• 05 - 11 Fear 12 The Picture 13 Her Britannic Majesty's Representative
• 06 - 14 The Opium Den 15 The Last Chance 16 The Nun
• 07 - 17 Henderson 18 Dawn 19 The Point of Honour
• 08 - 20 The Beast of Burden 21 Dr. MacAlister 22 The Road
• 09 - God's Truth, Romance, and The Grand Style
• 10 - 26 Rain 27 Sullivan 28 The Dining-Room
• 11 - 29 Arabesque 30 The Consul 31 The Stripling
• 12 - 32 The Fannings 33 The Song of the River 34 Mirage
• 13 - 35 The Stranger 36 Democracy 37 The Seventh Day Adventist
• 14 - The Philosopher 39 The Missionary Lady 40 A Game of Billiards
• 15 - 41 The Skipper 42 The Sights of the Town 43 Nightfall
• 16 - 44 The Normal Man 45 The Old Timer 46 The Plain
• 17 - 47 Failure 48 A Student of the Drama 49 The Taipan
• 18 - 50 Metempsychosis 51 The Fragment 52 One of the Best
• 19 - 53 The Sea-Dog 54 The Question 55 The Sinologue
• 20 - 56 The Vice-Consul 57 A Crrr Built on a Rock 58 Libation to the Gods