THE MOTHER, A SHORT STORY BY SOMERSET MAUGHAM

from the collected stories of Maugham,

[@assiamouhoub7393]

I love Somerset Maugham short stories. Thank you for the wonderful reading. A real pleasure!😍

[@Aiko2-26-9]

Passion. A mother's passion. A young's man's passion. A beautiful girl's passion. A believable tale because as humans we are all people of passion and not above letting it get the better of us. Thank you for your excellent rendition of a great story.

[@beckerabstracts]

One of my favorite authors. Thank you!

[@Grace.allovertheplace]

Hi, thank you (again) 😇🙏 Respectfully, Grace 🩰

[@karenbeardwilson]

Couldn’t tear myself away until the end. Great author.

[@kathleenmcnally9583]

What a pleasure to listen to this reader . It’s rare

[@kellym.9453]

Bless her ♥

[@AuntieSara459]

Games played & lost by the hateful arrogant ignorance of some youth that fill our news today is as old as time & will continue forward.

[@Lyrielonwind]

The author made a big mistake when he wrote buona sera; that's Italian, not Spanish.

[@harbinger2838]

Very well read by Mr. Simon Stanhope.

[@bronwenmills6728]

I really don’t think so. Sounds like AI to me

[@quickchris10]

Yes, there were some odd emphases, as if of a limited range. But it has the name, Simon Stanhope. I guess they could give it a name to try to give it some personality. Besides, listened to several audiobooks on this channel, the voice is always exactly the same, but with different names. And sometimes it makes odd mistakes like mispronouncing "bow."

[@bronwenmills6728]

Suspicious!! I know Simon Stanhope’s channel. His reading is distinctive, some might say mannered, but I’ve grown to like it. I didn’t spot his name in the description.

[@fiddlersthree8463]

@@bronwenmills6728 No, me neither. To me, it's clearly AI.

[@fiddlersthree8463]

@@quickchris10 I don't see Simon Stanhope's name anywhere, and it sounds very much like AI, a computer voice to me. I listen to Simon regularly and this is not his voice.

[@bettymaugeri7316]

A brutal joyless story.

[@patriciamay6396]

Another story about a joyless life from a jaded author

[@dianal.clausen8118]

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[@ginagabriel2613]

🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏💕

[@Riklott1111]

Back to prison !

[@yvonnethompson5568]

thank you.

[@maryearll3359]

My favourite author. Thank you for posting them all - the ironing seems to get done much quicker and with less sighs from me feeling very hard done by cos I've not got a laundry service. 😂😂❤❤❤

[@user-dl1rw3fl4h]

I just watching picture because I don't understand what he talking to I just listen to his voice color

[@user-dl1rw3fl4h]

Picture seems mother doesn't happy background people like a ghost

[@feralbluee]

💢 I talk about the Story. Do Not Read Before listening!!! Sorry, Simon, your reading was very good, but i don’t agree with the interpretation. what a horrible story. i never thought to read anything like this from Maughm. of course, it wasn’t read with the pathos it should have been read with. one’s sympathy should be with her. she’d sacrificed her whole life for her son. yes, she was psychologically twisted, but the girl was very mean, as was the son. this is truly a tragedy 🎭

[@maryearll3359]

Feralbluee - Maugham was a very good reader of his times and the people. I believe that some of his writing was to highlight the issues he saw and that his stories of the wealthy were sometimes written with tongue in cheek also echoing the imbalance of the times.

[@kauffrau6764]

Agree it was a tragic tale. I could feel the mother’s pain. The ending was inevitable.

[@Lyrielonwind]

That's a very possesive mother. Her son had the right to fall in love. I guess you think he had to give up his life so he won't make his mother jealous. That's ridiculous.

[@sarahmiller5632]

I just wish it wasn’t an AI voice.

[@novascheller5957]

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[@redwawst3258]

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