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The Somerset Maugham BBC Radio Collection
- Eight Full-Cast Dramatisations and Readings
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Janet Maw, full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
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A collection of the BBC’s dramatisations and readings of W. Somerset Maugham’s fiction, with star casts including Alex Jennings, Dirk Bogarde, and Janet Maw.
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Just brilliant
- By Anonymous User on 12-09-2020
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The Somerset Maugham BBC Radio Collection
- Eight Full-Cast Dramatisations and Readings
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Janet Maw, full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 20-08-2020
- Language: English
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The Moon And Sixpence
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. While his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications.
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The Moon And Sixpence
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 25-11-2008
- Language: English
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The Razor's Edge
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters: his fiancée Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions; and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.
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A fascinating view of a time long past
- By davidm on 26-06-2015
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The Razor's Edge
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-12-2012
- Language: English
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Of Human Bondage
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
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First published in 1915, Of Human Bondage is widely considered to be Somerset Maugham’s masterpiece and is believed to have been at least partially based on Maugham’s own life. This is the tale of Philip Carey, who is orphaned at a young age and raised by his uncle. Of Human Bondage follows Philip on his travels to Paris, London, and Germany, taking the listener on an adventure of discovery as his travels brings him new discoveries and emotional growth.
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Of Human Bondage
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 28-11-2017
- Language: English
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Of Human Bondage
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 25 hrs and 53 mins
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Philip Carey, a sensitive orphan born with a clubfoot, finds himself in desperate need of passion and inspiration. He abandons his studies to travel, first to Heidelberg and then to Paris, where he nurses ambitions of becoming a great artist. Philip's youthful idealism erodes, however, as he comes face-to-face with his own mediocrity and lack of impact on the world. After returning to London to study medicine, he becomes wildly infatuated with Mildred, a vulgar, tawdry waitress, and begins a doomed love affair.
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A depressing story
- By robert a dannatt on 22-01-2021
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Of Human Bondage
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 25 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 10-02-2011
- Language: English
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Far Eastern Tales
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Far eastern Tales is a collection of Maugham's short stories, all born of his experiences in Malaysia, Singapore, and other outposts of the former British Empire. The stories included on this recording are Footprints in the Jungle, Mabel, P & O, The Door of Oportunity, The Buried Talent, Before the Party, Mr. Know-all, Neil MacAdam, The End of the Flight and The Force of Circumstance.
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Wonderful and evocative
- By Richard on 02-10-2019
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Far Eastern Tales
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 16-08-2006
- Language: English
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The Moon and Sixpence
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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In The Moon and Sixpence, Charles Strickland is a respectable London stockbroker who decides in middle age to abandon his wife and children and devote himself to his true passion: art. Strickland's destructive desire for self-expression takes him first to Paris to learn the craft of painting, and finally to Tahiti in the South Pacific. The Moon and Sixpence remains a complex and engaging novel echoing Maugham's own struggles between artistic expression and public respectability.
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The Moon and Sixpence
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 18-05-2010
- Language: English
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Ashenden
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. Multilingual, knowledgeable about many European countries, and a celebrated writer, Maugham had the perfect cover, and the assignment appealed to his love of romance, and of the ridiculous. The stories collected in Ashenden are rooted in Maugham's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity.
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Ashenden
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 06-12-2012
- Language: English
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Don Fernando
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Crispin Redman
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Considered by Graham Greene to be Maugham's best work, Don Fernando is a paean to a golden age of enormous creative energy. It discusses the writings of St. Teresa and the paintings of El Greco, and comments with sagacity and wit on such illustrious figures as Cervantes, Velazquez, and the creator of Don Juan.
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Don Fernando
- Narrated by: Crispin Redman
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 16-11-2012
- Language: English
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Cakes and Ale
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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When Cakes and Ale was first published in 1930 it roused a storm of controversy, since many people imagined they recognised portraits of literary figures now no more. It is the novel for which Maugham wished to be remembered.
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Cakes and Ale
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 13-01-2011
- Language: English
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Escape: High Adventure
- By: W. Somerset Maugham, Stephen Vincent Benet, John Collier, and others
- Narrated by: William Conrad, Paul Frees, Georgia Ellis, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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"Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of… romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you… Escape!" Radio Spirits is pleased to present 20 classic tales from one of radio's greatest action and adventure series. This collection will bring you tales of black pearls, headhunters, volcanoes, Nazi convoys and cargos of gold in exotic settings and locales - from South of the Border to Dutch East India, Paris, North Africa and points unknown!
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Escape: High Adventure
- Narrated by: William Conrad, Paul Frees, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Burr, Stacy Harris
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 14-07-2014
- Language: English
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Rain and Other Stories
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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W. Somerset Maugham is one of the best-loved short story writers of the last 100 years. In this collection of his finest short work Maugham takes the listener to the sun-drenched Pacific islands where the Governor mercilessly abuses the inhabitants; to the story "Rain", in which the Reverend and the prostitute play out one of the most famous finales ever written; to the studies of chauvinistic Colonels, and snide conversations in Edwardian drawing rooms, as well as at the gates of heaven. As an introduction to one of the greatest writers in the English language Stephen Crossley's reading is the perfect place to start.
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Rain and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 08-01-2013
- Language: English
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The Painted Veil
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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This is the story of Kitty Fane, the adulterous wife of a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. When her husband discovers her deception, he exacts a terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic in China.
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Brilliant, want more like this
- By Samantha on 03-04-2021
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The Painted Veil
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 20-08-2007
- Language: English
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The Narrow Corner
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Banda, the trio meets good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancée, the cool and beautiful Louise. A tense, exotic tale of love, jealousy, murder and suicide, which evolved from a passage in Maugham's earlier masterpiece, The Moon and Sixpence.
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One of Maugham’s best.
- By Andrew Jakeman on 25-03-2021
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The Narrow Corner
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 29-01-2013
- Language: English
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Liza of Lambeth
- By: W Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Annie Adlington
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
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Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, 18-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldly, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza's fall from grace is fast and fatal. Written while Maugham was a medical student, and his first published novel, Liza of Lambeth is a vividly realistic portrayal of working-class London life.
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Liza of Lambeth
- Narrated by: Annie Adlington
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 21-11-2012
- Language: English
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The Gentleman in the Parlour
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Philip Bird
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Somerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, and he recorded the sights and sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with a unique urbane, wry style. The Gentleman in the Parlour is an account of the author's trip through what was then Burma and Siam, ending in Haiphong, Vietnam. Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, or onwards by sea, Maugham's vivid descriptions bring a lost world to life.
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The Gentleman in the Parlour
- Narrated by: Philip Bird
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-11-2012
- Language: English
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The Magician
- By: W Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Set in the bohemian café society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by the sinister black magician Aleister Crowley. At the start of this compulsive gothic horror story, Arthur and his beautiful, innocent fiancée Margaret look forward to an idyllic life together, until they encounter the mesmerising and repulsive Oliver Haddo...
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The Magician
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 19-11-2012
- Language: English
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The Merry Go Round
- By: W Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Eve Karpf
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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Looking out upon the backstreets, the suburbs and the high society haunts of Edwardian London, the delightfully witty and independent spinster Miss Ley surveys a tangled web of lives; she sympathetically observes the struggle under the pressures of convention, and the complex interplay between love and reason. Through Miss Ley's eyes we witness the brief but happy marriage of a dying poet; a woman's adulterous passion for a young rascal; and finally, an honourable man's decision to take virtue to extremes.
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The Merry Go Round
- Narrated by: Eve Karpf
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-12-2012
- Language: English
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Theatre
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored by her handsome husband, coquettish, and undisciplined. She is at first flattered and amused by the attentions of a shy and eager young fan, but before long Julia is amazed to find herself falling wildly, dangerously, in love.
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Theatre
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 13-11-2012
- Language: English
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Christmas Holiday
- By: W Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Ben Elliot
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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At the age of twenty-three, Charlie Mason is endowed with good looks, good manners and a cheerful disposition. Following three years at Cambridge and one working in his father's business, he is looking forward to a jaunt in Paris with Simon, his oldest friend.
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Christmas Holiday
- Narrated by: Ben Elliot
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 29-11-2012
- Language: English
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