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South Sea Tales by W. Somerset Maugham Episodes

  1.

    The Back of Beyond

    5/5 On the eve of his retirement, George Moon is asked to opine on a highly personal matter.

  2. The Outstation

    4/5 Warburton's tidy and precise world is upended by the arrival of an uncouth assistant.

  3. The Force of Circumstance

    3/5 A local woman threatens to disrupt the marriage of Guy and Doris in a Malay outpost.

  4. The Door of Opportunity

    2/5 Alban Torel thinks his posting in Sondurah secure until there is a sudden local uprising.

  5. Mackintosh

    1/5 Mackintosh is forced to be Walker's assistant in the Samoan islands, a man he despises.