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Page 102
But he was intrigued to discover , what he had not known before , that there was
someone in Geneva part of whose duties at all events was to keep an eye on him
. There was evidently someone who had orders to see that he did not neglect ...
But he was intrigued to discover , what he had not known before , that there was
someone in Geneva part of whose duties at all events was to keep an eye on him
. There was evidently someone who had orders to see that he did not neglect ...
Page 165
He had no notion that anything was known of him . His letters , and he received a
good many , were closely censored ; there were few codes that the people who
dealt with such matters could not in the end decipher and it might be that sooner
...
He had no notion that anything was known of him . His letters , and he received a
good many , were closely censored ; there were few codes that the people who
dealt with such matters could not in the end decipher and it might be that sooner
...
Page 256
Ashenden thought he had never known as much about anyone as he knew about
Mr. Harrington , and not only about him , with all his opinions , habits and
circumstances , but about his wife and his wife's family , his children and their ...
Ashenden thought he had never known as much about anyone as he knew about
Mr. Harrington , and not only about him , with all his opinions , habits and
circumstances , but about his wife and his wife's family , his children and their ...
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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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