THE POOL, a short story by Somerset Maugham

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@shahlabadel8628 5 ай бұрын

I just discovered your channel. Lovely stories!

@LMVG2233 5 ай бұрын

Me, too! Isn't it great!

@Michael-bp5im 4 ай бұрын

I was thinking about this story last week. Have not read it in 50 years thank you for posting. There is no one today that can hold a candle to Willy .!

@christelmayer Ай бұрын

As a young German lady age 16, it was essential to carry a Somerset Maugham book to indicate culture. Little did I know I would just love listening to it 64 years later in English.

@Michael-bp5im Ай бұрын

@@christelmayer read the “The Human Element” or the alien corn … Wiley is better than all of the when it’s comes to short stories

@1stDoNoPharma 2 ай бұрын

Maugham tells these oh so human stories so beautifully. It's like he weaves a tapestry and I'm left with such a depth of emotion . . .

@Riklott1111 4 ай бұрын

Even though I knew the ending would be in the pool, it was a satisfactory ending for a Maugham story - who’s endings are vague sometimes

@suze6of6 5 ай бұрын

Love language USAGE Really makes me LAUGH!❤ THANK YOU for these stories!❤️❤️❤️🌺🌺🌺🇺🇲🌹🌹👌😁

@Michael-bp5im Ай бұрын

@@suze6of6 when conversation was an art form

@janetbaker1945 3 ай бұрын

I want to note that I have listened to about ten of these short stories and am very taken by the random sound like a demon's voice that breaks through once or twice in each episode. It's like a monster hiding in the audio. It's only one or two seconds. It's quite chilling! It is a commentary on the sinful lives being garroted by Maugham. I dread it coming in this one.

@Sharon_Mc 2 ай бұрын

🇬🇧 I wondered if it was something to do with copyright.

@lonewolf77771 2 ай бұрын

Haha, I’ve heard it too in several Neural Surfer videos. it’s the AI voice. There are also odd pauses where there shouldn’t be. It’s good considering it’s AI, but I’m saddened that it’s not human. Human readers are probably costly.

@williamsweeney7954 2 күн бұрын

This story reminded me of my service days. Many guys married woman from the orient. Some worked some didn’t.

@Failte630 4 ай бұрын

Great. Thanks for this.

@novascheller5957 4 ай бұрын

Excellent! thank you ❤

@andrewmatthew8833 5 ай бұрын

I love this story. Read a couple of times also.

@janblackman6204 3 ай бұрын

I found it and I’m addicted

@SunnySmile-fr5yg 4 ай бұрын

Awww, poor Lawson ... 🥺

@Grace.allovertheplace 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@debbiedorr3986 Ай бұрын

Thank you

@ginagabriel2613 5 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏👏💕

@genekern2835 4 ай бұрын

So many adds can’t do it KZbin

@kellym.9453 5 ай бұрын

🙂💝🥕🌱🌄

@Tinyflypie 5 ай бұрын

I know it's of a different time but oh God the patronising racism is damning and beyond embarrassing, especially if you are familiar with Samoan people and culture.

@australiainfelix7307 5 ай бұрын

It's a pity we've forgotten these basic facts of human nature.

@Charles-oo8bq 5 ай бұрын

I'm sure the cannibals of that time would agree.

@Tinyflypie 5 ай бұрын

@@Charles-oo8bq Samoan people were never cannibals. That's so ignorant 😒

@Charles-oo8bq 5 ай бұрын

@@Tinyflypie I never said any particular people were cannibals. I said there were cannibals during these "racist" times.

@Tinyflypie 5 ай бұрын

@Charles-oo8bq well you're wrong about that, too. Maughan's story was set around 1916 when he visited Samoa for a short time. There were no practising cannibals in the Pacific region at that time, with the exception perhaps of some tribes deep in the mountainous areas of New Guinea.