THE HAPPY COUPLE, A Short Story by Somerset Maugham

"The Happy Couple" by W. Somerset Maugham follows the narrator's encounter with Judge Landon, a harsh and imposing figure at the Old Bailey. During a vacation on the Riviera, Landon stays with the narrator and meets Miss Gray, a charming neighbor, who introduces them to the mysterious Craigs........ with a twist.

[@danjsy]

Listening to these in real time unable to sleep in roasting Corfu !

[@gottasay4766]

I fall to sleep with these. That is a compliment. Complete dreams insue.

[@purple467]

How does one listen in unreal time?

[@Betty-jm2kx]

Thank you for uploading these wonderful stories by Somerset Maugham. I was surprised by the amusing twist at the end!😄

[@daviddean6032]

Listening to this audio while I’m walking around Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ❤

[@scepisle4970]

Love Somerset Maugham.... ❤

[@catherinedavies3727]

Excellent!

[@carolinewalker3106]

Listening to this story whilst cycling along the seafront at Brighton , thank you so much for this 🙂

[@paulwooton4390]

Shame they used a.i. to read. I suppose professional voice actors are expensive, and ordinary people lack the necessary vocal or reading skills. Your ride must be lovely.

[@karinteves1412]

I am thoroughly enjoying these short stories by Somerset Maugham.

[@emmahardesty4330]

This is marvelous. Maugham tucked in so many other stories in this story. Just great. Thank you--

[@JanisJanus25]

Just discovered. What a treat.

[@tyed9295]

I really enjoyed this short story . This one had a complete ending not like some of the other that end so abruptly as if couple of pages were missing. Thanks for posting all the S.M. short stories ✌️

[@novascheller5957]

Interesting twists and turns!

[@gillps5130]

I wonder if the narrator ever disabused Miss Grey of her romantic embroiderings of the couple's relationship. A later, speculative follow up over cocktails overlooking the sea, perhaps on Miss Grey's terrace, would have been cosily salacious and led, perhaps, to new positive, romantic thoughts closer to home.

[@barbarasch6611]

Listening to this audio while eating dinner in Southern Germany. 😂

[@joshual.1833]

Methinks Maugham'd be cancelled today with some words like "I never met a woman who could pour a glass...", innit

[@annevanhuffelen4112]

He doesn’t seem like a womanhater, says lots of appreciative things

[@gillps5130]

​@@annevanhuffelen4112Ah, but it's all about perceptions, how it makes you feeel.

[@JanisJanus25]

Subscribed immediately

[@nadaklen3254]

English is not my native language, but I understand it well. This time I didn't understand why the lady's companion insisted on poisoning? Couldn't they have gotten married without the poisoning story?

[@ireminsel]

Money

[@nadaklen3254]

⁠Thanks for answerning. I was thinking about that. But she certainly would not gain anything by discovering the poisoning, because the will was written. And to be bitter to that extent? And the writer insists that she couldn't wait for Lady to die so she could marry the doctor. I don't know, something doesn't make sense to me. Or this time I really, really didn't understand English😂

[@user-wc6rm3gf3l]

You sound like a very nice person who would never think of murder as a way to get money. Unlike these people. Your English is very good. Best wishes.

[@nadaklen3254]

I had to listen this story once more. And now, ladies and gentlemen, something completely different🥁🥁🥁... I understood. Maid insisted on poisoning story, not lady's companion😃

[@ginagabriel2613]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏💕

[@jacknorth6438]

Interesting

[@garethadams9610]

Can someone help me? I missed the twist in this. Either because I’m stupid or because I wasn’t listening properly.

[@samsum3738]

A pair of wrong 'uns .

[@dontaylor7315]

Landon is such a nasty character I kept longing to see him abjectly humbled. But a writer of Maugham's caliber doesn't turn out wish-fulfilment fantasties in lieu of solid stories, so I never got my wish.

[@susanpetropoulos1039]

Insufferable judge! 😂 I bet Maugham knows that type well.

[@mattneillninasmom]

Don't know why a bachelor/doctor would not have money enough for the two to marry and live well, without committing murder. Goes against a lifelong commitment to saving lives, not taking them. And what about the nieces, blood relatives, cut out of the will? Flawed logic in this story. Unable to sleep in Los Angeles.

[@joelweidenfeld471]

Aristo douuuchhhe Maugham

[@stephenperretti8847]

And your point is????

[@joelweidenfeld471]

@@stephenperretti8847 ANOTHER MASONIC or POS...piece of sheep author we are told is beautiful

[@VickersDoorter]

What's your problem, Jew.

[@joelweidenfeld471]

@@stephenperretti8847 ANOTHER NOT voice of the COMMON MAN a MASON liar...but the point is all you ever have read is bullshit they tell you is great and it's not ...from not Shakespeare the aristo almost ROYAL de vere , A FUCK LOAD OF LIES RIGHT THERE TO Somerset to Mark twain to Vonnegut .. MOST men writters they pump however are not masons as artists avoid it UNTIL fame and generationaly they don't pass it on like the skull and bones batch of Crap.... the point is all you will see is very CONTROLLED from newspapers to telegraph to radio to RADIO and tv to movies and the INTERNET has more rules that flush the constitution DOWN the drain than I could remember without looking at their insane TOS AND CGs...the point is all that is controlled by 8 corporations and the point is that 100 percent , book publishing is included in that control

[@carolthomas8528]

@@stephenperretti8847 I don’t understand the original remark- can you explain ?