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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 Classics Short Stories Fiction Thought-Provoking Witty Singapore

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Loved it a great experience well read just good quality collection of stories well done.

just great

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Somerset Maugham has complete mastery over the written word & over the art of story telling. Robert Powell reads these stories faultlessly, with such consummate fluency & skill it is a joy to listen to his voice.

Simply superb!

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Poignant glimpses into the lives of a bygone era from the pen of a master story-teller, expertly voiced by Robert Powell.

Remembrance of Things Past

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Has there ever been a better storyteller than Somerset Maugham? And these are substantial short stories which, if you have the slightest interest in short stories, are gripping.
And the narrator is perfectly suited to delivering them, adapting just the right voice for the different characters.
The only caveat is that many of Somerset Maugham‘s stories are a little bit grim! So if you don’t find suicide and depression in the slightest interesting or entertaining then perhaps try something else!

Perfect

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Robert Powell narrated the collections of Maugham’s superb short stories which work marvellously as Audio books.
Five Stars seem paltry for the compassionate yet mercilessly insightful tales leaving Human Nature quite naked as usual.

Maugham - Peerless as ever

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