What to do when your spouse is always late? A clever tale by Maugham.
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@verenamaharajah6082Ай бұрын
The description of the men and women in the restaurant was so lovely! So sad no one can ever describe the guests in a restaurant like that today.
@snowyowl689225 күн бұрын
People are so self focused these days, they barely notice that there is a whole world around them. Sad
@cvbzizou23 күн бұрын
Wonderful audiobook quality! Excellent choice! I suffer from migraines and this has prevented me from enjoying my favorite hobby, reading. Thank you for posting your videos for us who are struggling with debilitating migraines. Now I get to close my eyes, rest, listen to your audiobook and fly ❤ Good luck to you and keep up the great work! 🎉
I didn’t want this to end. I thoroughly enjoyed it so much.
@lemorab1Ай бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this! The first and last time I read "The Promise" was in 1968, when I was 20 years old. It's wonderful to hear it again!! This is my favorite Somerset Maugham story. Next, I'm going to enjoy "The Three Fat Women of Antibes." People may not know that Lady Elizabeth Vermont was based upon the real Idina Sackville, daughter of the Earl of De La Warre. You can read a biography written by Idina's great granddaughter, Frances Osborne, "The Bolter." Idina's first husband, Euan Wallace, left her for fortune hunter Barbie Lutyens. Idina never stopped loving him. When she died, his photograph was by her bed.
@danremenyi117922 күн бұрын
A master with the English language.
@martaparsons5633Ай бұрын
Lovely listening. Thank you.
@sarahhayse-gregson689Ай бұрын
Always a fan of Somerset Maugham. I have a set of his novels. Need to re read them again.
@robertmackenzie39952 ай бұрын
Great - even the pronunciation of “wound” as in hurt, rather than winding up a watch 🤣But really enjoying these uploads - thank you!
@mariabean1786Ай бұрын
Ai
@soumitrajhuntu467Ай бұрын
I can't imagine what could be so praiseworthy about a certain mispronunciation ! 😮
@RobertSweet-nw4tmАй бұрын
The wrong pronunciation is because the narrator is a computer. Even with AI it is difficult to make an accurate rendition. The context is needed which for a story like this is too difficult for AI
@bobrussell360222 күн бұрын
@@RobertSweet-nw4tm Al therefore, holds the promise of being a bit like computers. Upon their leap onto the worlds stage, we were promised the paperless office, time saving etc, etc. I think, like the aforementioned, Al will be a mixed blessing.
@00keziahАй бұрын
I’m so glad I stumbled on this channel. Elizabeth the original cougar. How wonderful that she found to be true to herself. At 69 I truly enjoyed the lady as much as the gentleman.
@dianesleeman594019 күн бұрын
Absolutely. Wonderful story telling. Rediscovering 60 years on😊
@jiyushugi1085Ай бұрын
Of all the great writers my parents introduced me to I remain forever grateful that they introduced me to Somerset Maugham.
@theresamills509525 күн бұрын
It did end very abruptly almost unfinished.
@dianesleeman594019 күн бұрын
Ditto from Australia 60 years after first reading The Three Fat Women of Antibes.😊
@wendischofield4543Ай бұрын
No-one could ever love an elephant, as another elephant does- they are the most noble of all creatures, and deserve our undying love, and loyalty. I will love you, all of you, for ever. God bless you always. ❤❤❤❤❤
@maryelizabethwhite8420Ай бұрын
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@MJ-hl1kkАй бұрын
Elephants are wonderful, divine creatures, sadly horrendously abused all over Asia and Africa.
@bobrussell360222 күн бұрын
I don't wish to be rude, (and I really mean that) but what have elephants got to do with the story ? Whom is God blessing, us, or the elephants ?
@kayhuiutan649820 күн бұрын
😢😮😮😅😢😅😢😅😅😅😅😢p😅@@maryelizabethwhite8420
@richardlippincott8881Ай бұрын
wow. I just stumbled on your channel!! I so hope to see more videos like this! Thanks.
@emmahardesty433012 күн бұрын
Great. Maugham portrays women so accurately, and equally writes his male characters. Always a story--or two--within a story. This one makes me hope good manners and simplicity return someday.
@phyllislovelace815120 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for these pieces, much appreciated
@daviddean603218 күн бұрын
How I love this story. ❤
@belleforever3256Ай бұрын
Excellent reading. Another era with the elegance of the time now almost completely lost !!!
@roxanneseitz7464Ай бұрын
Nicely read! I wished the story to continue: perhaps someone should try to pick up where Maugham left off.
@dontaylor7315Ай бұрын
I pray no one does. Any Somerset Maugham story taken up by someone trying to write like him will go downhill fast.
@ireminselАй бұрын
A story of excellently told.
@davewarwicker251213 күн бұрын
The writing made me feel like I was living the story. Nice :-)
@Riklott11112 ай бұрын
Loved it !
@natalinaconidi631329 күн бұрын
Second best use of regal vocabulary after my fave, the late Queen Elzabeth speech. I agree with Mr. Ravi Shankar, in an interview he stated that there is a sublime and spine chill running feeling about listening to a proper, somewhat ever classic english idiom. When conveyed to the very sensitive ears of the lovers of the english language. I wish to thank my english language teacher Mrs Regina Squiccimarro Wytt, for sharing her love for the english language in my class, here in southern Italy in the late 70ies of the last century. Thank you to the Perryman family in Ditchling for making my stay unforgettable. God bless the english language❤
@nohaylamujerАй бұрын
"WOONd it"? Does AI stab watches?
@jillianstokoe46972 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@maryarigho5868Ай бұрын
Lovely. But 'wownd' not 'woond'. Watches used to be wound every night. Seems a long time ago.
@Nannas-cp5ndАй бұрын
The best writer ever,such a pleasure to watch this. Thanks a lot ❤
@granthurlburt4062Ай бұрын
Thank you for posting. Too bad some people think it is just bland description. Terrific writing. It hasnt been until I reached my later years that I appreciate his subtlety.
@NoosaHeadsАй бұрын
I recommend anyone to read "The Necklace" (Guy de Maupassant) - is very much in the same vein as The Promise.
@margaretgreenwood4243Ай бұрын
Elizabeth sounds Wonderful
@pearpo29 күн бұрын
This one is so pleasant and then piercing 🥹🥲
@MaryWaltonАй бұрын
Very , joyous, revealing inside into a person character. I have to read some other books by him. He was powerful.
@brendabiffibaldovino8306Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing💙💙💙
@iainradvan68674 күн бұрын
The AI voice is almost perfect. A lovely reading tone.
@carmencollor1224Ай бұрын
Brilliant.
@muse4297Ай бұрын
As a young college girl I read Forever Amber novel. MY cousin Dhruva brought over after his long train journey where he read.
@merrylmarsh90372 ай бұрын
Most enjoyable.
@c.a.savage568926 күн бұрын
Most enjoyable. Thank you very much.
@mehranossia3828Ай бұрын
Loved it. Thank you
@leoniekutsch5375Ай бұрын
❤ thank you 🙏
@magnacarta740Ай бұрын
Just lovely 🌹🌹🌹
@buniluvrАй бұрын
Wow - You’ve surprised me with this story, wherever did you find it? I’m a huge WSM fan and thought I knew all his stories! Thank you!
@judymoraign707822 күн бұрын
It was ok but I was disappointed with the ending
@marilynrosen460826 күн бұрын
Summary the promise, Somerset maughm
@dawnjohnson873913 күн бұрын
Except maybe him saying she was honest woman - but no one could tell she had a broken heart.
@johncairney2303Sunshine2 ай бұрын
Charming
@shirleyjordan594122 күн бұрын
Charming story
@BeachClubNovaScotia10 күн бұрын
"I will be in London all the autumn. Do ring me up." ❣💔
@verenamaharajah6082Ай бұрын
Ravaged beauty~ at 50? My goodness!
@Shineon8327 күн бұрын
lol….She obviously had never visited an L.A, plastic surgeon…
@user-px2mu1rd5b20 күн бұрын
“ Before very long her hands with their long red painted nails would take on the appearance of the talons of a bird of prey.!” 😅😅
@pamdice9633Ай бұрын
White America. Lost forever….. coarsened by multi cultural largesse. White America mourned….but not forgotten.
@rogerbernard9572Ай бұрын
My best friend worked at the Vatican for several years. He said you could always tell who the American tourists - fat and badly dressed.
@JoaninFloridaАй бұрын
At least Americans bathe daily and wear clean clothes. In other words, they don't stink like lots of Europeans.
@tdterry76Ай бұрын
AI narration is getting quite good.
@fiddlersthree8463Ай бұрын
A very good copy of Simon Stanhope's voice but lacks proper pronunciation of some simple word, and the emphasis is odd at times. I let Simon know someone is using his voice. Check out the real Simon Stanhope at Bitesized Audio Classics.
@samsum3738Ай бұрын
Perhaps too good .
@VickersDoorterАй бұрын
Complete with lisp! I did like that the watch was woond, instead of wound.
@00keziahАй бұрын
I am curious as to the music. It would be nice to know name and artist.
@rozalialuks6583Ай бұрын
Thank you!!!
@ilonadavid2453Ай бұрын
genius🥰😍🤩😘😊
@jennifercader8055Ай бұрын
Wound as in round!
@pserghiniАй бұрын
Anyone know the name of the narrator?
@carmencollor1224Ай бұрын
It is probably AI, that is, a machine.
@marilynread8557Ай бұрын
Scary, not being able to tell the difference. Who needs humans when you have Ai.
@carmencollor1224Ай бұрын
@@marilynread8557 I find it easy to detect, because it lacks the natural flow & intonation of human speach. It is not as beautifully modulated
@marilynread8557Ай бұрын
@@carmencollor1224 Ai is getting too good,who wants to live in a future when we cannot tell a human voice from Ai☹️
@deborahtrapper7421Ай бұрын
It is AI. Not perfect but better than some human readers. I appreciate both.
@Dougal1324 күн бұрын
Am I missing something. Otherthan the excellent and well written prose, the storyseemed to haave no point.
@missmurrydesign7115Ай бұрын
Utterly delicious...
@lagringa7518Ай бұрын
Why don't they declare that these things are only verbal narrations? While I have adored Somerset Maughm's books for many decades, I'd rather read him... there is no point in reading him on YT.
@deborahtrapper7421Ай бұрын
Surely, you can still read the books while the audio versions are godsend for me and my fading eyesight.
@irenejohnston6802Ай бұрын
Not so simple, it betrays the personality of the character.
@thomassaehler9038Ай бұрын
Sounds like Richard Harris
@kellym.94532 ай бұрын
😊
@marymcgarry1545Ай бұрын
3 commercials in 15.5 minutes, YIKES
@Karen-ul9hdАй бұрын
KZbin Premium, the best thing!
@joannajones8533Ай бұрын
whilst the colonised nations by the British Goverments were deprived of their freedom and natural resources of their own countries....so that the people in the UK could enjoy what is described here....
@Shineon8327 күн бұрын
Waaay too easy (and too woke) an explanation ….Do you have ANY idea how many constant, tribal dramas resulted in wars?….Or, the constant corruption-and the far, FAR worse treatment of the poor -BY native leaders-seeing the British as being much more fair….… Anyone with eyes (or who, like me, studies Sociology) has had enough examples of the utter rubbish that has resulted from “African self-rule” : the corruption, the plundering of resources by leaders-in order to spend them living in Europe… .
@bartholomewsorrentino90135 күн бұрын
How sad.
@lidiawolanskyj556022 күн бұрын
"wow-ned" not "woo-ned" lol
@HROM1908Ай бұрын
Yeah, great but men did NOT wear hats in restaurants, in those or any other days.
@DelvingEyeАй бұрын
1:34 "The watch might go if she wound it" -- wooned??? He pronounces "wound" like wooned, as in an injury, instead of wowned, as in past tense of what a person does who winds a clock. Honestly! Awful narration!
@patriciamay6396Ай бұрын
Don’t even have to check; can tell Maugham was a snarky gay man
@user-gd4wt6oi7yАй бұрын
a simple narrative with nothing remarkable in it, thousand times such incidents happen in everyday lives, maybe at that time it must have been salacious to write.