The Outstation (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The early 1920's
- Setting: Borneo
- Principal Characters: Mr. Warburton, Mr. Warburton's head boy, Alan Cooper, Abas
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Values, Class conflict, Colonies or colonization, Upper classes, Personality, Hallucinations or illusions
- Locales: Borneo
The Story
A narrative of personality and class conflict in an exotic setting, this story opens with Mr. Warburton, the Resident, anxiously awaiting the arrival of his new assistant, Alan Cooper. For twenty years, Mr. Warburton has been the only Englishman within many miles, but at the station, work has increased to the point that an assistant is needed. As he steps off the boat, Cooper disconcerts Mr. Warburton by greeting him with a breezy informality. After showing Cooper to his bungalow, the Resident invites him to dinner.
Although the dinner is for two, Mr. Warburton...
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