The girl was incredibly stupid. One does not try to mess with a woman who is capable of murder out of passion, especially when she knows her story. It would have happened the same way in real life. She taunted her to kill her.
I usually like Maugham's stories so much, but I don't like this one. He's attributing an incredibly possessive love to the mother - she'd previously killed to protect her son, not to enslave him. I don't like the son either, because he seems totally ungrateful for the enormous sacrifice she had made for him. It's a story about an ungrateful, careless son, a girl who despises that man's mother, and a mother driven mad by the thought of losing the son for whom she'd already sacrificed so much. Surely somewhere somehow somebody could have shown the mother some kindness?
@@rumin528 I didn't have a jealous mother-in-law - I simply had one who believed her son was God and nobody was good enough for him. Unfortunately he believed her. She even derided his father in front of him, so I wasn't the only one to suffer. I have no idea whether her next daughter-in-law was good enough, but that wife didn't speak English so she wouldn't have known what was being said to her, and the happy couple spent the rest of their lives in another country, which must have made everything a bit easier. But I do still feel sorry for the woman in this story because she seems to have had such an awful time, while most of the mothers of sons I've known have been deferred to in everything. I hope you survived.
Wow, that was brutal and realistic! I’m panting, a mere story can stir up emotions. I feel sorry for the son who may not find out that the mother was indeed protecting him from the careless and insane Rosalia. Who knows what Rosalia would have done to ruin the son’s life.
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.
💢 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 🎭
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.
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.
Nice story .Most mothers like to mother their sons without realising that the son has to leave her apron strings and will fall in love in time to come .The tussle for the young man''s love is the cause of many quarrels between mother in laws and daughters in law ..Quite common amongst the indians l should say .
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."
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.
@@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.
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. 😂😂❤❤❤
Couldn’t tear myself away until the end. Great author.
I love Somerset Maugham short stories. Thank you for the wonderful reading. A real pleasure!😍
If this is AI, it's superior to almost all human narrators.
This channel is extraordinary, and SM is better than most Nobel winners.
The author made a big mistake when he wrote buona sera; that's Italian, not Spanish.
The girl was incredibly stupid. One does not try to mess with a woman who is capable of murder out of passion, especially when she knows her story. It would have happened the same way in real life. She taunted her to kill her.
One of my favorite authors. Thank you!
Hi, thank you (again) 😇🙏
Respectfully, Grace 🩰
I usually like Maugham's stories so much, but I don't like this one. He's attributing an incredibly possessive love to the mother - she'd previously killed to protect her son, not to enslave him. I don't like the son either, because he seems totally ungrateful for the enormous sacrifice she had made for him. It's a story about an ungrateful, careless son, a girl who despises that man's mother, and a mother driven mad by the thought of losing the son for whom she'd already sacrificed so much. Surely somewhere somehow somebody could have shown the mother some kindness?
Surely, but that's not what people do. They are quite like those in the story.
Dear, you haven't had a jealous mother-in-law. I had one, she was pretty much the same.
@@rumin528 I didn't have a jealous mother-in-law - I simply had one who believed her son was God and nobody was good enough for him. Unfortunately he believed her. She even derided his father in front of him, so I wasn't the only one to suffer. I have no idea whether her next daughter-in-law was good enough, but that wife didn't speak English so she wouldn't have known what was being said to her, and the happy couple spent the rest of their lives in another country, which must have made everything a bit easier. But I do still feel sorry for the woman in this story because she seems to have had such an awful time, while most of the mothers of sons I've known have been deferred to in everything. I hope you survived.
Wow, that was brutal and realistic! I’m panting, a mere story can stir up emotions. I feel sorry for the son who may not find out that the mother was indeed protecting him from the careless and insane Rosalia. Who knows what Rosalia would have done to ruin the son’s life.
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.
💢 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 🎭
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.
Agree it was a tragic tale. I could feel the mother’s pain. The ending was inevitable.
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.
Nice story .Most mothers like to mother their sons without realising that the son has to leave her apron strings and will fall in love in time to come .The tussle for the young man''s love is the cause of many quarrels between mother in laws and daughters in law ..Quite common amongst the indians l should say .
Back to prison !
Wow, she is messed up!
what a magnificent story teller of humanity
I love Somerset Maughn!!!
Bless her ♥
What a pleasure to listen to this reader . It’s rare
Classic narcissist parental enmeshment. Parent living through their child. Details change but not the damage…
A brutal joyless story.
Games played & lost by the hateful arrogant ignorance of some youth that fill our news today is as old as time & will continue forward.
Very well read by Mr. Simon Stanhope.
I really don’t think so. Sounds like AI to me
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."
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.
@@bronwenmills6728 No, me neither. To me, it's clearly AI.
@@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.
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. 😂😂❤❤❤
I just watching picture because I don't understand what he talking to I just listen to his voice color
Picture seems mother doesn't happy background people like a ghost
Brutal.
What a story. One tragedy after another.
Another story about a joyless life from a jaded author
ugh
Timeless
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thank you.
Wow!
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I just wish it wasn’t an AI voice.
It wasn't.