THE POOL, a short story by Somerset Maugham

A complex short story by the master of the genre.

[@shahlabadel8628]

I just discovered your channel. Lovely stories!

[@LMVG2233]

Me, too! Isn't it great!

[@LoraD-oo9xz]

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 . . .

[@Michael-bp5im]

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 .!

[@andrewmatthew8833]

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

[@janblackman6204]

I found it and I’m addicted

[@Riklott1111]

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

[@janetbaker1945]

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]

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

[@lonewolf77771]

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.

[@Failte630]

Great. Thanks for this.

[@suze6of6]

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[@novascheller5957]

Excellent! thank you ❤

[@SunnySmile-fr5yg]

Awww, poor Lawson ... 🥺

[@Grace.allovertheplace]

Thank you 🙏

[@debbiedorr3986]

Thank you

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[@genekern2835]

So many adds can’t do it KZbin

[@kellym.9453]

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[@michaelflynn127]

Lol

[@Tinyflypie]

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]

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

[@Charles-oo8bq]

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

[@Tinyflypie]

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

[@Charles-oo8bq]

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

[@Tinyflypie]

@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.

[@veritas6335]

Weak ending, and disappointing, as always. Maugham never really resolves his stories. He just stops them.

[@patsys.9421]

Nor in life will you find the neat endings you so admire

[@LoraD-oo9xz]

​@@patsys.9421 exactly. He's a master. It's just like life.