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Page 167
With a false name and a false passport he had little to fear that Caypor would
guess that he was a British agent . Ashenden did not have to wait long . Next day
he was sitting in the doorway of the hotel , drinking a cup of coffee and already
half ...
With a false name and a false passport he had little to fear that Caypor would
guess that he was a British agent . Ashenden did not have to wait long . Next day
he was sitting in the doorway of the hotel , drinking a cup of coffee and already
half ...
Page 183
Caypor seized the dog by the fore - legs and ducked him once and ducked him
twice . There was a struggle , a flurry and a splashing . Caypor lifted him out of
the bath . “ Now go to mother and she'll dry you . ” Mrs. Caypor sat down and
taking ...
Caypor seized the dog by the fore - legs and ducked him once and ducked him
twice . There was a struggle , a flurry and a splashing . Caypor lifted him out of
the bath . “ Now go to mother and she'll dry you . ” Mrs. Caypor sat down and
taking ...
Page 194
In one he informed R. that Caypor was going to England ; in another he made
arrangements through Berne that wherever Caypor applied for a visa it should be
granted to him without question ; and these he despatched forthwith . When he ...
In one he informed R. that Caypor was going to England ; in another he made
arrangements through Berne that wherever Caypor applied for a visa it should be
granted to him without question ; and these he despatched forthwith . When he ...
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User Review - lamour - LibraryThingThis is volume three of Maugham's collected short stories. In this volume he has put his stories that have the same protagonist, Ashendan who is recruited to move to Switzerland where he will be a ... Read full review
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User Review - jimgysin - LibraryThingIt's easy to see why this one is considered an archetype of espionage fiction. The fact that the book was first published back in the late 1920s means that some of the dialogue and narrative will ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Ashenden: Or, The British Agent Volume 5 of The collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham, 5, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Heinemann, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 1 May 2009 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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