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You pass through the gateway into a narrow street lined with Shops: many of them with their elegant lattice work, red and gold, and their elabo rate carving, have a peculiar ruined magnificence, and you imagine that in their dark recesses are sold all manner of strange wares of the fabulous East. A great multitude surges along the uneven narrow footwalk or in the deepset street; and coolies, bearing heavy loads, shout for way in short sharp cries. Hawkers with guttural sound call their wares.
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You pass through the gateway into a narrow street lined with Shops: many of them with their elegant lattice work, red and gold, and their elabo rate carving, have a peculiar ruined magnificence, and you imagine that in their dark recesses are sold all manner of strange wares of the fabulous East. A great multitude surges along the uneven narrow footwalk or in the deepset street; and coolies, bearing heavy loads, shout for way in short sharp cries. Hawkers with guttural sound call their wares.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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"Evoke the nostalgic China of "old China hands," replete with rickshaws, coolies and singsing girls...satisfying accounts of the follies and foibles of the British diplomats and expatriates who stubbornly ignore the native culture and labor to create little enclaves of Chelsea and Soho in Asia" (Los Angeles Times)
"Masterly...carefully wrought prose sketches...The magical, mysterious East is richly portrayed" (Newsday)
"A fascinating volume - vivid, thoughtful, full of colour" (New York Times)
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"Masterly...carefully wrought prose sketches...The magical, mysterious East is richly portrayed" (Newsday)
"A fascinating volume - vivid, thoughtful, full of colour" (New York Times)
*A combination of classic Maugham observation and evocative travel writing. *'A fascinating volume - vivid, thoughtful, full of colour, picturesque, stimulating to the imagination' - NEW YORK TIMES. *Part of Mandarin's Maugham publishing programme, with all his major work now available. *Beautiful new repackages *'The modern writer who has influenced me most' George Orwell.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781440035111
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