An anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".
Apr 23, 1970
A woman agrees to emigrate to Malaya with her husband, but colonial life is not what she expected.
Apr 30, 1970
A socialite is shocked when her frumpy sister-in-law announces her marriage to a foppish young man. Over the next two years, however, the homebody turns into a popular fashionista.
May 7, 1970
A missionary, his wife, and a prostitute are among the guests stranded at a tropical hotel during the rainy season.
May 14, 1970
A French farmgirl is assaulted by a German soldier, but he begins to become obsessed by her.
May 21, 1970
The prim spinster sister of a missionary in the South Seas determines to reform a rascally beachcomber.
May 28, 1970
Mark, a new arrival at a Malay colony, befriends Tim and Olive, a pair of unusually close siblings who isolate themselves from the other colonists and speak in their own made-up language.
Jun 4, 1970
The president of a South American country changes his country's divorce laws for his own benefit.
Jun 11, 1970
A colonial administrator's act of cowardice gets him sent home from the East, but he seems oblivious to the contempt with which he is viewed. Surely his friendly, companionable relationship with his wife seems to him quite unchanged.
Jun 18, 1970
A married woman falls for a younger man, and wonders whether to confess to her husband.
Jun 25, 1970
Margaret convinces her lover to murder her husband after she becomes pregnant. The murder is investigated by a dogged policeman whose judgment is clouded by his own feelings for the woman.
Jul 2, 1970
Parents new to the aristocracy are both displeased and surprised when their elder son, who's never shown much aptitude for or interest in anything, declares that he must become a concert pianist. They agree at last to finance his study of the piano for two years, at the end of which he (and they) will accept the verdict of a recognized expert as to his chances of achieving his dream.
Jul 9, 1970
A writer discovers that the superior woman he has long admired from afar is the longtime mistress of her own servant.
Jul 16, 1970
A man recuperates uncomfortably at the home of an unpleasant man and his pathetic wife, whose startling tale makes her guest all the more eager to recover his strength and get away from the place.
