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A Trip to Paris, An Ashenden Spy Short Story by Somerset Maugham

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  • Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
  • An unexpected assignment sends him to Paris under the guise of visiting a sick relative, hinting at an upcoming operation.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 22

  • @carolthomas8528
    @carolthomas8528 Місяць тому +10

    Great ending . I went to a vertical bar today and came out horizontal.

  • @franciereed2843
    @franciereed2843 Місяць тому +4

    These Ashenden stories are from a book of linked stories called “Ashenden: or a British spy” and this is one chapter. So it is not a standalone story. The following chapter is called “Giulia Lazari” (as noted by someone in another comment) and continues the story.
    Noteworthy-at 25:25 there is a (perhaps justified) expurgation of an unacceptable n word, used by R. in reference to the Indian man, but in this version it has been erroneously replaced by the word “woman“ rather than by “fellow” or “bugger” or something crude that R. would be likely to use to refer to a dark skinned foreigner - the British of his class were often notorious racists. So the sentence “ you wouldn’t have thought there was anything attractive in that greasy little woman… God, how they run to fat” appears to refer to Giulia Lazari when in truth it is said - by the racist spymaster R. - about a despised Indian man. I was confused enough by the description of Giulia that I actually bought the book so that I could look at the text, as the transcript is not useful. The n word is printed in the text where the audio has “woman” - without any dashes or expurgation - and it definitely refers to the Indian man. Maugham himself did not hold such views, but he was a master at reproducing the speech of his countrymen.

  • @doreekaplan2589
    @doreekaplan2589 Місяць тому +7

    Appreciate it.
    Thanksalot

  • @AlgorithmEngagementEntity
    @AlgorithmEngagementEntity Місяць тому +9

    You are a machine and I mean that in a good way.

  • @belle.seattle5041
    @belle.seattle5041 Місяць тому +6

    What was that ending … “Vertical bar, vertical bar, vertical bar”???

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Місяць тому +5

      Another special AI touch was featured on this channel when partway through the story, it suddenly shouted, “Asterisk asterisk asterisk …” six or seven times.

  • @brendabiffibaldovino8306
    @brendabiffibaldovino8306 Місяць тому +5

    Thanks so much for sharing💙💙 💙

  • @dennisthemenace57
    @dennisthemenace57 Місяць тому +4

    Thank you for your work Sit

  • @MND139
    @MND139 Місяць тому +1

    The whole story is called Guilia Lazarri. This version cuts off halfway through!!

    • @TheLadyPonders
      @TheLadyPonders Місяць тому +1

      Ohhhhhhh, THANK YOU FOR THAT!!!! I couldn't figure out the ending!! 😅

  • @4555165
    @4555165 Місяць тому +3

    Woohoo!❤

  • @ginagabriel2613
    @ginagabriel2613 Місяць тому +2

    🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏💕

  • @ropeburnsrussell
    @ropeburnsrussell Місяць тому

    What just happened?

  • @Smegead
    @Smegead Місяць тому +1

    Is the end of story missing?

    • @iiAsiatic
      @iiAsiatic Місяць тому +1

      It is not included here but you can guess what happened . . .

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Місяць тому +2

      The end of the story is AI saying vertical bar vertical bar vertical bar. It must have short-circuited.

    • @Smegead
      @Smegead Місяць тому +3

      @@fiddlersthree8463no. It was trying to read an ascii pattern. I found a text version online that was probably used for this reading, at the end is an ascii picture with vertical dashes down the middle.

  • @jeaneslick4316
    @jeaneslick4316 Місяць тому

    Im confused

  • @Riklott1111
    @Riklott1111 Місяць тому +1

    Meh