A Man From Glasgow by W. Somerset Maugham
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a British novelist, playwright, and short-story writer. He was born in Paris to British parents and raised by his uncle in England after his parents died when he was a child.
Maugham studied medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital in London, but he never practiced medicine. Instead, he began writing and published his first novel, "Liza of Lambeth," in 1897. He went on to become one of the most popular writers of his time, known for his clear and precise prose, his psychological insight, and his keen observation of human behavior.
Maugham's most famous works include "Of Human Bondage," "The Razor's Edge," "The Moon and Sixpence," and "Cakes and Ale." Many of his works explore themes of love, sexuality, and the search for meaning in life.
In addition to his novels and short stories, Maugham was also a successful playwright. His plays, including "The Circle" and "Our Betters," were popular in London's West End and on Broadway.
Maugham was openly gay, which was unusual for his time, and he had several long-term relationships with men. He also traveled extensively throughout his life, often to exotic locations, and his experiences traveling and living abroad influenced much of his writing.
Maugham was a complex and contradictory figure. He was a man of great charm and wit, but he was also capable of great cruelty. He was a homosexual in a time when homosexuality was illegal, and he kept his sexuality a secret for most of his life.
Maugham was a brilliant writer, but he was also a man of many flaws. He was a snob and a misogynist, and he was often cruel to those around him. However, he was also a man of great insight, and his work is still read and admired today.
Maugham died in the south of France in 1965 at the age of 91. His work continues to be read and studied today, and he is considered one of the most important British writers of the 20th century.
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Nothing beats listening to Tony's stories while I'm recovering from a cold. Food for the spirit
I LOVED your accent. I could listen to you talk for hours ANY day in ANY accent. Your voice is very smooth and your reading style is excellent. I will definitely recommend your channel to everyone.🎉 God Bless!
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃 I do appreciate it
Love Maugham's short stories. Thank you Tony!
Really enjoyed the story. Even more I enjoyed your chat afterwards. Thank you.
My Father in Law is from Glasgow. What an accent ❤️ Great tale as always, Tony- many thanks! 🙏
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
I was very nervous about doing it. I was channel g Kevin Bridges and my mate Brendan
Thank you Tony for another brilliant story. As a Glaswegian, I was impressed by your narration with a Scottish accent. Love the bio summaries of the authors you do at the end. Going thru chemo , listening to your stories keeps me going.
@soundsilence2604
Жыл бұрын
Keep your head up. I recently supported my mum through treatment. I wish you all the best. ❤️
@footfault
3 ай бұрын
Me too, on the chemo (for blood cancer). I usually succeed in ignoring the cancer and just going about my tasks normally, and programmes like Tony's readings helps a lot in doing that. Much luck to you, hope your treatment has good outcome.
@jeanmccauley2951
3 ай бұрын
@@footfault thank you so much. Mine is blood cancer too. Wishing you so much luck and healing
Your Glaswegian accent is amazing !! I'm so very glad I found your channel a year ago....I've enjoyed every single story you have narrated ❤❤❤❤
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@johnharland226
9 ай бұрын
If you think that accent is glasgow, you have never been near the Clyde.
Excellent cadence and excellent vowels in the Glaswegian portions! That alone merits 10 stars out of 10. Very enjoyable, thank you much. You are a gift to us eager listeners.
@ClassicGhost
3 ай бұрын
Kevin Bridges and Limmy
I read Of Human Bondage when I was too young, really. The main character had a club foot; he prayed and prayed for God to heal him. Prayer was not answered. It soured me on religion for many years. The power of books! This story is good although not surprising. Thanks, always enjoy your readings.
I have a good friend from Glasgow and you sound just like him! Very impressive reading, Tony.
Again, thanks Tony. Your narrations, your story choices and waffles are a welcome tonic for me. Imagine others agree. The best of fortune to your house.
@ClassicGhost
2 ай бұрын
Thank you
Great story and your accents really brought it to life. Thank You for always being so thorough in your research and when you relate facts, I'm always learning new things from you. Especially like when you share your experiences and of course the puppies. 😉❤️
Maugham is one of my favorite authors, and I didn't know he wrote any ghost stories.
@slukas1375
8 ай бұрын
If you haven't already, I recommend reading "The Magician." Honestly, it gave me chills the first time I read it.
@Scarter63
8 ай бұрын
I have read it, but I didn't consider it a ghost story.@@slukas1375
@C2C19
10 күн бұрын
@@slukas1375based supposedly on Alastair Crowley
Ok so I didn't realize that you sometimes talk after the stories! I have so much to go back and listen to, haha.. For the record, I'd name my dog Jake :) This was a wonderful story, Tony. Your Glaswegian accent was brilliant, you absolute legend. Your voice is quickly becoming my favorite
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, lots of talk after the stories. Of course, it dates quickly I guess.
Oooh where to begin..?! The Glasgow accent!! You did a fine job, exactly as I would expect ☺ I enjoyed the tale mainly due to that fine rendering ! And followed by one of your finest rambles, where I found myself much in agreement on the state of our tiny rural communities..and the joys of walking. I don't drive, so largely explore the world on foot, and I believe it gives a different perspective on places and distances. I've often imagined myself peddling my wares, walking from village to village, stopping at wayside inns, back in olden times. It's very easy to slip into that frame of mind when you're walking isolated areas away from the usual signs of the present day - it feels as though the past is very close, just out of sight, but so easily accessible. As though a time- slip could happen any moment. Puppy names - I like Sore Foot!! Very North American Indian 😃 Happy Easter!
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
Happy Easter. It was a great walk. I'm doing to do more, but the puppies are still very small, so not for a while
Being American I thought yours scots accent was amazing. As always Ioved the post story talk.
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
Let's see what the Scots think :) But thank you.
You speaking of estuaries made me think of a Daphne DuMaurier. The house on the strand. The back and forth in time keeps it quite interesting.
You really bring these characters to life. Thanks Tony!
Fantastic. Masterful, as always. Thank you, Tony.
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Hope you are well
One of my favorite authors. I have two big books of short stories by Maugham. Yes I know, a snob and mysosynist. Maugham and Graham Greene favorite British authors. I read all his books. What I liked was often there was a twist in the story that evolved from some complex human behavior that took one aback at the end of the story. I love the movies based on Maugham too: like the shocking "Rain" with Joan Crawford and "The Painted Veil" . I really appreciate these stories being told in storyteller tradition. It was a 100 degree day here today so I just lay listening with the fan on. 37:51
I could listen to talk for hours, all the tangents and insights are just brilliant, love the stories too. By the way I'm not a paid member but still heard the story, happy that I did but thought you should know. Happy Easter everyone 💐💜💐
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Neat story and great narration, thanks! The same thing you said about shops closing in the country is happening in America as well. So many shops and businesses have shuttered in small towns. My town, once bustling, has essentially withered away. Keep up the good work!
Brilliant, and truly eerie. Thank you so much!
Enjoyed the story and the afterthoughts. Thank you Tony!
A great read Tony! Thanks 👍
Always love the Scottish accent. 🖤
You are so delightful. Never apologize for your accent. They’re amazing. Thanks for your affectionate charming conversation even though it’s only one way lol 46:01
@ClassicGhost
23 күн бұрын
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Loved it ❤❤❤❤❤
Great story Tony. You narrate so believable, you captures my attention right from the 1st few words. You do a Scottish accent so well. Thanks again.
Tony just so you know I am not a member and I was able to find and listen to this video. Thank you for the readings.
Really good listening to your tales of travel & adventures. Thanks for all the research.
Some Accents are sometimes a little challenging for non native speakers, but they add so much authenticity and dramatizing value they elevate. the whole story in so many ways.
Great job with the with the Glasgow accent. I enjoyed the reading and the information about Somerset Maugham
Thanks a lot . It was so splendid to hear the reading with such a wonderful accent. It has been really enjoyable.
Great story! Thank you 🙏. Really scary - I’ve listened to it 4 times. I love your Glaswegian accent - I can envision him ❤
Thank you. I found you by accident and you should be the one reading all the stories. I know the part of the world you're talking about, used to go up there every September camping: we used to call it Bandit country.
@ClassicGhost
2 күн бұрын
Bandit country!
That was a top-notch ramble at the end! It’s funny… I support on Patreon but always listen on KZread 🤷♀️
Excellent! Thank you Goodman Tony the Wandering Bard. :-)
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
That’s who I aspire to be ;)
So good.xx😊
Well done!
Tony, your telling of this story is magnificent! I'm glad I listened to it as I was making a pot of soup, because I had a knife in my hand the whole time just in case. 😉
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
Good thinking. I usually carry a knife when I'm making tea too.
Please do NOT lose the Natural accent! Partly why I love this podcast. Love the channel
Good job Tony
“Gowt N E baccy ?” I believe that’s Glasweigian for “hello” isn’t it ?
@-Reagan
Жыл бұрын
For those who didn’t understand this: “Gawt any baccy” = “Got any tobacco?” (“Pardon, would you be inclined to share a pipe of your tobacco with me?”)
@popevimtoripkeefhappysackXXX
Жыл бұрын
@@-Reagan or “GOWT FIFTEH PEE FORRACAN ?” is “Good Morning”.
Thank you so much 😊 blessings of abundance!
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
Same to you!
Welcome back to my feed! I don't know where u went, but I've missed you! I going to enjoy this! 😊
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
The KZread algorithms are mysterious
Thank you so much for sharing this story and the explanation about border reivers. In the States we use the expression "rip off" to describe thievery. I didn't know reive meant to rip off.
Ditto this time around. Love the accent!
What a performance!
Thanks
@ClassicGhost
10 ай бұрын
Thank you ✌️🙏
I did my 7% solution then i hit play and i was enthralled from start to finish. Fuckin a bro that was awesome i loved the scott you really brought him life also your stories are becoming a nightly ritual for me 🙈🙉🙊
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
See you tonight :)
The story is good, but your accent is so amazing and enjoyable to hear. I wonder how long it takes you to get each of your accents down pat?
One pint in every pub: you'll be on the floor by the last pub
This intro is perfect. Creepy as all get out! Much better, in my opinion. Back to the story now, just wrote this to comment on this new intro ;)
Listening to the dog naming thoughts, knowing how it played out in the end 😅😂😂
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
You know! They are lounging beside me now. They've been out with their sisters and mum who has had to discipline them.
…cause he thought it was the man/someone in the community fucking with him, to scare the upset out of him- maybe, the man he got rid of…and then…it…was… [A+] ghost story. Thanks Tony. It’s a “MIGHTY” [night for a] scotch💙❣️
the internet search engines have deteriorated vastly since their arrival. if they get any worse, people will once again resort to reading books. in libraries. perish the thought.
I'd say Maugham was a cruel man who was capable of great wit rather than the other way around. Many of his stories are real-life gossip thinly disguised as literature, and many of them are grotesque and bitchy as hell. Compare him to other social commentators like Priestly, Shaw, Hardy, Dickens, and Austin and I don't think he stands up that well to modern scrutiny. That isn't to say they aren't enjoyable to read and his writing is pithy and witty and this story is one of his more enjoyable offerings thank you for recording it
41:44 The gators Sfx literally made my nite, lol.
Just smoked a j - perfect upload time.
Is this a new thing, the absence of the intro? Something about that intro disturbed me so I always skipped thru it. On this post it wasn’t there. Can’t say I miss it ☺️🎉 excellent narration as always.
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
it was a members only story so it had a different intro. but by mistake i posted it to everyone
Oi..you dissing my border reiver ancestors!!?? 😜 😂 Great story and fab accent...and love the chat at the end...always interesting and makes me smile
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
An Elliott! Plenty of Elliotts round here :) I’m descended from Armstrongs
Wow.
My daughter (here in the states) is dating Scottish college student whose going home for 2 months. If they're relationship grows I'm going to visit the areas of Scotland you've been. We have Scot blood in our ancestry. Let's hope ❤ grows!
Please tell me you call that dog Sawfoot. That’s the best and the comment about the dog being green…. I almost wrecked my car laughing.
@ClassicGhost
11 ай бұрын
His foot is a lot better now. He's called Jasper now.
Am I a Member and didn't know it? I did buy you some coffees a year or two ago, and a T-shirt, and a small donation for "The Haunting of Hill House"...or did you, in a fit of generosity, publish this one to the freebies on KZread? Whatever, I really enjoyed your Scottish dialect very much. Thanks for the Maugham!
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
I think I made a mistake and published a members only story as an ordinary one then I felt including take it back
Great Scottish accent ❤
@ClassicGhost
Ай бұрын
not everyone agrees, but I enjoyed doing it.
I thought the accent was good! Honestly, my Dad was from Glasgow and if he read that many people would not understand him anyway! I swear there were times I looked at him and said " I have not understood a word you have said for the last five minutes".
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How did I end up in this conversation? - pretty much my mantra.
Great accents.
Thanks, another well-read tale. Have you read George MacDonald Fraser's book about the border reivers?
@ClassicGhost
11 ай бұрын
years ago I did.
A fine Scottish brogue indeed.
@ClassicGhost
6 ай бұрын
i’m going to do a pirate story next
When are you gonna do Through the gates of the silver key ?
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
Well. Now you’ve said
What is your other channel?
@ClassicGhost
9 ай бұрын
www.youtube.com/@late-night-sleep-radio
🌕💛🐇
What is a dish of burning ashes?
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
I'm not actually sure.
@maryeckel9682
7 ай бұрын
Not unlike a small fire pit with legs.
The small country towns are dying in the U.S. as well. It is very difficult trying to survive with farming and there few other industries, in small towns. Great accent too, btw. For me, as an American, I have to really focus to understand a good Scottish accent (Glasgow accent?). I had to pay attention to you. No casual listening for me from across the pond.
Glad to find this after 'doing it' at school. Decent stab at the accent, but you need to work on your glottal stops.
@ClassicGhost
Жыл бұрын
I was worried about this one. I felt I couldn’t avoid having to do the accent after he mentioned it.
@atthebridge
Жыл бұрын
@@ClassicGhost It's fine. Much better than Tilda Swinton. Great channel.
Slewfoot, wasn't there a story about such a creature?
parliamo glasgow, lol
This sounds amazing, I'm a bisexuality woman, even though its much easier to come out these days, I'm also a Catholic, my dad died not knowing the real me, I only came out when I moved from Lancashire to Milton Keynes, it's so diverse here that I am totally comfortable with who I am and I can say that I love the real me , I just felt I could share my story with you, love your work sweetie 🙏🌈
@libertycowboy2495
Жыл бұрын
I've never understood the whole "coming out" thing. I'm personally very private and don't share my preferences with any beyond my closest friends. But, to each their own.
@billsharkey9365
Жыл бұрын
What makes you think we are interested in your private life ? Boring !!💤💤💤
@evelanpatton
Жыл бұрын
Whatever your journey to feeling comfortable, safe, & serene with one’s own proclivities, individuality, identity, uniqueness, beliefs, values, & love is something of an opportunity to celebrate! Bless your life’s journey from a private, bi-sexual who was never inclined (or needed) to “hide” myself from my own family. Not all are so lucky & as all walls that we come up against as we seek individualization of our higher, aligned selves, have many a route of getting beyond. Having communities of harmonious diversity are gifts to be cherished. As well, there is something to say about not having (or needing) everyone to know everything about you, for there is something to a PRIVATE LIFE-sans closets, lov’. You have your whole life adventure to be as exposed or private, or loved, or loving to be journeyed.🖤❤️🖤❣️ 💕💞💖💝💛🧡❤️
@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
Жыл бұрын
@@evelanpatton WRONG. It’s degenerate to talk about private shit incessantly. It’s destroying the West. Believe that.
@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
Жыл бұрын
@@libertycowboy2495 wish they’d keep it that way. And I’m not sharing what I’m into.
Name them Spook and Banshee
So what the most of what I'm hearing from people about my sexuality is to crawl back into the closet, so we definitely haven't moved forward in life, we should shut up and go away, WOW !!!
@Story-Voracious66
Жыл бұрын
However you are is perfect. We all cling to our own realities and defend them vehemently from behind our ramparts. I sympathise that you feel attacked for speaking out where you felt safe. We all have to suffer slings and arrows sometimes. After all we're all still a bunch of glorified apes in modern trees. (I am guilty of attacking hunters and fur fanciers). You are brave, creative and 100% you, and that's great.
@lyndabrennan4560
Жыл бұрын
@@Story-Voracious66 thank you April for your kind words, my daughter said not to take any notice of these negative people, and that they don't know the person I am inside, some people are just ignorant, I'm happy and that's what counts , 🙏💘
@Story-Voracious66
Жыл бұрын
Happy Easter Lynda. Say Hi to the only female Christian deity for me. 🙋
@lyndabrennan4560
Жыл бұрын
@@Story-Voracious66 😘
The Maughm bio states that he was openly gay and in the next paragraph points out that Maughm kept his homosexuality a secret. Is that not a contradiction ?
@ClassicGhost
8 ай бұрын
it does appear to be
@sockmonkey22
4 ай бұрын
You could be openly gay on Capri where he spent much time, and in Tangiers. But Maugham was always worried because Oscar Wilde served jail time.
I believe the accent is somewhat overdone. So much so that parts are un-understandable. What's the point of narrating a story in an accent so thick no one knows what you're saying?
@ClassicGhost
Ай бұрын
+@veritas6335 Lots of people do though
The hands are corny..lol
Not to be pedantic but how could he be both "openly gay" and also keep his "sexuality a secret most of his life"? Also why does the narrator say it's not a full moon to the man from Glasgow when he states it is a full moon at the start of the story? Am I missing the whole point?
Another case of, like the writing but totally dislike the writer, a cruel man in reality, W.S.M.
W Somerset Maugham was homosexual and ‘preferred’ very young men.