Thanks for this. I am just discovering and enjoying WSM’s works.

Thank you. Well done.

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🇬🇧 Thank you for your very informative video. I've been listening to Cakes and Ale, by Somerset Maughan, and as I know Whitstable ( Blackstable in the book ), I can really identify with the area and visualise the characters.

🇬🇧 I've just listened to the full length story Lisa of Lambeth by Somerset Maughan. A powerful story and an unexpected ending .

Thank you! It was interesting. I've read 'The moon and sixpence' and several short stories but I want to read more of Maugham's works

THANK YOU VERY USEFUL AND INFORMATIVE

Father of Science Fiction?, What about Jules Verne...?

Nice job… more on Charles Portis… perhaps the most unknown of great American writers. He wrote only 5 other novels, none of them westerns, but all great. He grew up in Little Rock Arkansas, became a journalist covering the civil rights struggle and the Freedom Riders for the NY Herald Tribune, in Alabama and Mississippi and reported on much of the worst of it. He was promoted to London bureau chief by the Tribune, but bored with the newspaper business, and decided to write fiction. As his colleague Thomas Wolfe said at the time… “he just quit and went back to Little Rock, live in a fish shack to write novels”. We’re fortunate he did. Check out his other books too…

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An excellent introduction to this giant of British literature. My personal taste is for his non-science-fiction works, of which my top three are The Wheels of Chance (good fun), The History of Mr Polly (the one that started it all for me) and Tono-Bungay (his masterpiece).

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Hello…. What about Of HUMAN BONDAGE? Published in 1915!

Thank you for the excellent presentation 😊

The First Edmund Crispin novel is the only book I have ever bought based solely on the cover, it was a lucky choice, the whole series are wonderful, complex detective stories laced with humour. If you have not tried any of them, do yourself a favour.

I accidentally discovered the works of maughan in 1982 while working on a ship loading timber around Malaysia and Borneo. I read his stories and then looked around and could see what he was on about.

poor cow was depressing, up the junction was better, brilliant fast paced and a feast of the 60s, no other book takes you back like that, nell dunn was a genius

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You have mentioned several books that I have read and liked. The Raj Quartet is excellent. I am reading my way through Dance to the Music of Time and enjoying it very much.

I read Lawrence in my 20s too. Sons & Lovers was my favourite.

A very last stanza: ‘This reckoning is a true account for those who know not Christ, Those who tripped through the world not knowing someone had to pay the price. Our debt to God is too great an amount no creature on earth could pay, Mercy knew this, and steadfast set out to make a way; The bill’s been paid for those who seek the narrow but only way, Drifters who know the debt is more than all the worlds could pay; The extreme amount of the bill that’s owed could only be paid by One Just a turn a glance toward Him and your bill is paid all at once. Bill is paid!’ if you believe the Bible.

Great introduction to Maugham, I started with The Razors Edge and have since been hooked to his novels. I now would like to see some of his plays.

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Thank you sir

A poem is an unsung song; a joy to the ear. Make them feel the feelings behind the words. WELL DONE!!

Unfortunately, this apt reading was spoiled by the addition of piano music in a totally different mood from the poem. This is supposed to be a dramatic narrative and needs no musical enhancement, least of all dreamy New Age style noodling that is distracting and louder than the fellow reciting. Please, try it again without the music.

I’m first year student of English department in iraq and we have the south wind by norman douglas , thank you so much for your efforts

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Thank you for this engaging video which has prepared me well as i embark on my discovery of Anthony Trollope's literature.

Reading it so powerfully, one should ask if it became more his instead of the one who wrote it! I needed to hear the dictator read that to remind myself what true courage is and the reward within it. Small things are sometimes courageous acts to some, while great deeds are just the same reversed in kind.

I hope you are well, sir.

Loved this book. Absolutely loved it. Also loved the twelve children of Paris. Two of my favorites. Very interesting dialogue throughout. I totally disagree with much of your review. I've pretty much read nonstop for the last 15 years of my life, and these two really stood out to me.

We need more enthusiasts like you

Thank you for this. I was just reintroduced to Jean Plaidy's name today and your video has wonderfully well informed content.

Very interesting keep up the good work

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So glad to have come across this video on my favorite short story writer. I wondered if you also found merit in the lengthy Ted Morgan biography of Mr. Maugham? I found that reading it brought me right back to Maugham's stories once again with greater appreciation.

So glad Dennis Wheatley got a mention. He is often overlooked. As is Cheney, and Oppenheimer..especially these days. But they were huge back then.

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Love his writings. His books transport me to another world Yorkshire,totally different from mine, Malaysia. Most of all i enjoyed his storytelling, humorous(never taking himself too seriously) wise, kind n always loving life. Whenever I felt down ,i would pick up his book n reread it. A real pick me up! Scotland is on my bucket list even though I may probably never get to go. But i can always read his books!

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Orwell says: I am ready to maintain that England has produced very few better novelists [than Gissing].

It was 1971 when I read Victoria Holt novels and later discovered she wrote historical novels as Jean Plaidy while I was living in Spain. She's an amazing writer and she brought historical figures to life!

Hey where are you these days SIR, you're videos are of GREAT help..

Thank you for this interesting and informative presentation. Stevenson clearly was a remarkable person who managed to live a full life despite his poor health. Kidnapped and Catriona have been among my favourite books since childhood. I've reread these books a few times as an adult and was of course better able to understand and appreciate the skill with which Stevenson described the society of those times and political intrigues. His writing style is exceptional. I also really like the Black Arrow, also beautifully written and shedding some light on another fascinating period in history.

I was hoping it would be about the books and not your opinion of them.