W. Somerset Maugham
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Cakes and Ale
- or The Skeleton in the Cupboard
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Neil Hunt
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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Of all Somerset Maugham’s novels this is the most entertaining and arguably his best ever. Rosie is a barmaid with a heart of gold and a skeleton in her closet....
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Great character, a little slow towards the end
- By Thomas on 01-03-19
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Cakes and Ale
- or The Skeleton in the Cupboard
- Narrated by: Neil Hunt
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 12-01-11
- Language: English
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The Razor's Edge
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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The Razor's Edge
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 12-02-12
- 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....
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Amazing story
- By RtooDtoo on 02-28-10
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The Painted Veil
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 08-20-07
- Language: English
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Complete Short Stories, Volume Two
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 27 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In June 1917, W. S. Maugham was asked by the British Secret Intelligence Service, to undertake a special mission in Russia to support Kerensky's government.....
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Entirely great
- By William E. Hendry on 05-26-16
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Complete Short Stories, Volume Two
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 27 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 07-02-13
- Language: English
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The Painted Veil
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Philippe Duquenoy
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The Painted Veil is the story of Kitty Garstin, a young woman living a high social life, who marries Walter Fane, a man that’s declared his love for Kitty, just to avoid being upstaged by her younger and less attractive sister getting married first....
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The Painted Veil
- Narrated by: Philippe Duquenoy
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 02-03-21
- Language: English
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The Razor's Edge
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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The Great War changed everything and everyone, and Larry Darrell is no exception. Though his physical wounds from the war heal, his spirit is changed almost beyond recognition....
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An Classic of Love and the Desire for Meaning
- By Eric on 01-06-17
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The Razor's Edge
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-07-15
- Language: English
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The Gentleman in the Parlour
- A Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Somerset Maugham set out on an extraordinary trip in September of 1922. He would remain abroad for nine months and end up traveling by canoe, riverboat, rickshaw and mule from Rangoon to Mandalay....
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Excellent introduction to Maugham’s Travel books
- By Bleak House on 09-11-19
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The Gentleman in the Parlour
- A Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 11-21-13
- 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....
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As perfect a reading as I've ever heard
- By Ted on 05-30-16
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Far Eastern Tales
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 08-16-06
- Language: English
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The Summing Up
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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William Somerset Maugham (1874�1965) was born at the height of British imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory....
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Portrait of the artist as an old man
- By Eric Chevlen on 10-30-05
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The Summing Up
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-17-05
- 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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One of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, W. Somerset Maugham's masterpiece, Of Human Bondage, gives a harrowing depiction of unrequited love....
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You won't want it to end!
- By Rbjurnee on 04-18-11
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Of Human Bondage
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 25 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-10-11
- 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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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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Nearly Perfect
- By SusieCreamCheese on 08-04-19
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Of Human Bondage
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 11-28-17
- Language: English
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Of Human Bondage
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 28 hrs and 2 mins
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Of Human Bondage is one of the greatest novels of modern times. It was published in 1914, when Maugham was at the height of his creative powers....
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Greatly Unsettling
- By Michael on 10-04-14
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Of Human Bondage
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 28 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-02-12
- Language: English
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The Complete Short Stories, Volume One
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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re have been few masters of the short story as popular as W. S. Maugham....
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A masterful production of Maugham's short stories.
- By J. J. Kuzma on 09-07-13
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The Complete Short Stories, Volume One
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 06-05-13
- 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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Somerset Maugham is one of the best-loved short story writers of the last 100 years....
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Rain Down on Me
- By W Perry Hall on 01-30-14
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Rain and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
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The Painted Veil
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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When beautiful but shallow young Kitty Fane's husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to a remote region of China ravaged by a cholera epidemic....
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What An Unexpected Delight!
- By Mimi on 10-22-08
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The Painted Veil
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 02-02-07
- Language: English
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Catalina
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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Set in the time of the infamous Spanish Inquisition, Catalina is a novel both richly historical and affectingly human....
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From a W. Somerset Maugham's fan: No!
- By Mitzi on 11-21-21
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Catalina
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 12-01-11
- Language: English
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Complete Short Stories, Volume 3
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 27 hrs and 11 mins
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In volume three of this series, we present all of the remaining short stories which Maugham published after World War I and which he subsequently caused to be republished in various collections....
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Complete list of Short Stories
- By Julieta de los espíritus on 03-11-17
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Complete Short Stories, Volume 3
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 27 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 07-31-13
- 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....
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Delightful
- By RueRue on 04-22-16
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Cakes and Ale
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-13-11
- Language: English
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The Moon And Sixpence
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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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....
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Roman a clef-abominable french artist Paul Gauguin
- By W Perry Hall on 01-22-14
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The Moon And Sixpence
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-25-08
- Language: English
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The Moon and Sixpence
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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This is the story of an artist who was willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of art....
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great, simply great
- By reggie p on 10-10-05
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The Moon and Sixpence
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-14-05
- Language: English
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