W. Somerset Maugham
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1,790 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 8 Sep
W. Somerset Maugham’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Arabella had observed that the black rubbed off, and the hair lay sleek when stroked the right way.
Yes, I think so.
Could you?
This was a poser.
Hoab had expected her to talk business.
He did not reply.
It was only her archway.
She thought, naturally, that the best way to win anybody's love was to be a fool.
She saw her mistake.
She had associated with hogs all her life, and this fellow was a beef.
Mistakes must be rectified very speedily in these matters.
Sir, I have for you a peculiar feeling.
I may say tenderness.
Hereafter you, and you only shall scratch against Arabella Cliftonberry, Howard.
Hoab was delighted.
He stayed and scratched all day.
He was loved for himself alone, and he did not care for anything but that.
Then he went home, made an elaborate toilet, and returned to astonish her.
Alas, old Abner had been about, and seeing how Hoab had worn her smooth and useless, had cut her down for firewood.
Hoab gave one glance and walked solemnly away into a clearing, and getting comfortably astride a blazing heap of logs, made a barbecue of himself.
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