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Page 160
The landlady bustled away and Ashenden went upstairs . Dinner was at seven ,
and , wishing to be in the diningroom before anyone else so that he could take
stock of his fellow - guests as they entered , he went down as soon as he heard
the ...
The landlady bustled away and Ashenden went upstairs . Dinner was at seven ,
and , wishing to be in the diningroom before anyone else so that he could take
stock of his fellow - guests as they entered , he went down as soon as he heard
the ...
Page 218
Sir Herbert smiled thinly . " Byring rather reminds me of a fellow I knew when I
was a very junior clerk at the F.O. I won't tell you his name because he's by way of
being very well - known now and highly respected . He's made a great success of
...
Sir Herbert smiled thinly . " Byring rather reminds me of a fellow I knew when I
was a very junior clerk at the F.O. I won't tell you his name because he's by way of
being very well - known now and highly respected . He's made a great success of
...
Page 248
I said to you that on account of my fellow countrymen who will be sacrificed we
should do nothing unless it was worth while . I do not want those poor fellows to
be killed , but if they are I shall not sleep less soundly nor eat my dinner with less
...
I said to you that on account of my fellow countrymen who will be sacrificed we
should do nothing unless it was worth while . I do not want those poor fellows to
be killed , but if they are I shall not sleep less soundly nor eat my dinner with less
...
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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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