No one tells a tale better than Maugham ,& this gentleman delivers the stories brilliantly. Some readers grate on ones nerves but this one is soothing & convincing . ❤
Maugham’s exceptional genius read by a disembodied digitizer voice deadens and degrades the human mind, yet I cannot stop listening for fear I will miss hearing another wonderful story.
@@davidland1212 This one isn't Jennings. Jennings wouldn't read out 'asterisk asterisk asterisk' as other recordings with this voice on this channel have had.' (Also, I listened to the Jennings recording earlier this week on a different channel. Totally different tonal qualities.)
@@davidland1212These are A.I. Read what neuralsurfer says in his description. The company they use is called Lab11. This is why the intonation is so often wrong.
@@davidland1212These are all A.I. Read neuralsurfer's comments on his channel, he uses a company that specialises in A.I called ElevenLabs. This is why the intonation is so often wrong and why we get the AI 'tourettes'.
UA-cam must hate this channel. I think there are 15 or 20 commercials, usually two per interruption. The strategy is clearly to break it up so badly that the listener can't ever settle into it. What a user-hostile medium.
@dontaylor7315 I'm lucky in some way. I don't have an ad blocker but get little or no ads on this channel. Great story. I agree with all the anti-bot comments. But I do so enjoy listening to the stories.
User- hostile such an appropriate term for the idiotic adverts selling windows/rentals / retirement homes- all sorts of listeners included! I am prepared to put up with such annoyances in exchange of my enjoyment of listening and enjoying such beautifully structured stories. Each character different, descriptive of such a wide range of humans. I wonder how gregarious SM must have been to have met some or all of the characters included in his stories.
@@अस्मिरीति He was well-traveled and I bet that as a writer he cultivated conversation with all sorts of people because you may never know what the other person's story is unless you can draw them out. I imagine Maugham saw the whole world as material.
"Tourette's outbursts?" I didn't notice anything resembling language of that sort. The nearest thing to it that I'm aware of is the line "She flung foul names at him."
As much as I enjoy these stories the one thing that irks me is the racial conototains contained herein. Just goes to show the hypocrisy that these colonialists had.
No one tells a tale better than Maugham ,& this gentleman delivers the stories brilliantly. Some readers grate on ones nerves but this one is soothing & convincing . ❤
So much incivility for what one has been entertained and edified at no cost whatsoever...
Everything costs something . . . One way or another.
Excellent. Don't expect a "happily ever after" story from Maugham. He relates real human tragedy like no one else.
Another brilliant story listed to while sewing cushion covers…excellent ending 😂
This one can’t be used as a sleep story, because the pounding, dramatic music at the end WILL wake you.
Frankly I enjoy this it's an audiobook
Great twist at the end!
Maugham’s exceptional genius read by a disembodied digitizer voice deadens and degrades the human mind, yet I cannot stop listening for fear I will miss hearing another wonderful story.
"Disembodied digitizer". What's that ? A microphone to my ears. This has a strange rhythm but it's a human actor
Ridiculous comment! It’s definitely a human voice. Actually it’s read by the actor, Alex Jennings, and is part of the BBC’s Radio Collection.
@@davidland1212 This one isn't Jennings. Jennings wouldn't read out 'asterisk asterisk asterisk' as other recordings with this voice on this channel have had.' (Also, I listened to the Jennings recording earlier this week on a different channel. Totally different tonal qualities.)
@@davidland1212These are A.I. Read what neuralsurfer says in his description. The company they use is called Lab11. This is why the intonation is so often wrong.
@@davidland1212These are all A.I. Read neuralsurfer's comments on his channel, he uses a company that specialises in A.I called ElevenLabs. This is why the intonation is so often wrong and why we get the AI 'tourettes'.
Definitely not Ashenden's finest mission. Although in Gulia's position, I would rather have gone to jail than give the bastards what they wanted!
Wonderful story, especially the end! What if the watch actually contained poison or some secret information...
Hi thank you 🙏
What a rough end.
UA-cam must hate this channel. I think there are 15 or 20 commercials, usually two per interruption. The strategy is clearly to break it up so badly that the listener can't ever settle into it. What a user-hostile medium.
get an ad-blocker
@@justaplainspokengirl I know I know...
@dontaylor7315 I'm lucky in some way. I don't have an ad blocker but get little or no ads on this channel.
Great story. I agree with all the anti-bot comments. But I do so enjoy listening to the stories.
User- hostile such an appropriate term for the idiotic adverts selling windows/rentals / retirement homes- all sorts of listeners included! I am prepared to put up with such annoyances in exchange of my enjoyment of listening and enjoying such beautifully structured stories. Each character different, descriptive of such a wide range of humans. I wonder how gregarious SM must have been to have met some or all of the characters included in his stories.
@@अस्मिरीति He was well-traveled and I bet that as a writer he cultivated conversation with all sorts of people because you may never know what the other person's story is unless you can draw them out. I imagine Maugham saw the whole world as material.
I think this is a human voice. Anyone know who it is? He’s the best!
Excellent! you can't think of everything.
Better than psychiatry
My window view is nothing 🎉
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Another video with the Tourette's outbursts in it, doesn't anyone review these before posting them?
My favorite part is always the a.i. glitches 😅
"Tourette's outbursts?" I didn't notice anything resembling language of that sort. The nearest thing to it that I'm aware of is the line "She flung foul names at him."
As much as I enjoy these stories the one thing that irks me is the racial conototains contained herein. Just goes to show the hypocrisy that these colonialists had.
So what? 😀 it is the normal human British condition. Especially in Maughm’s time Something you have to accept inside a Maughm short story.
Get over it. Look really hard in the mirror and accept that you aren't perfect either.
Yes free stories read to you
Why moan ?