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He had reason to believe that if he asked her to marry him she would accept . ...
related to some of the greatest families in England and he would have been a
fool not to realise that a marriage of this kind must make his path infinitely easier .
He had reason to believe that if he asked her to marry him she would accept . ...
related to some of the greatest families in England and he would have been a
fool not to realise that a marriage of this kind must make his path infinitely easier .
Page 240
A month later he was married . He did very well for himself . He was given
opportunities to distinguish himself and he distinguished himself . His rise was
spectacular . He had the wellordered and distinguished establishment that he
had ...
A month later he was married . He did very well for himself . He was given
opportunities to distinguish himself and he distinguished himself . His rise was
spectacular . He had the wellordered and distinguished establishment that he
had ...
Page 272
... a distinguished position in English letters . When Anastasia Alexandrovna
reached a suitable age she married Vladimir Semenovich Leonidov , also an
exile from his native country , and it was after she had been married 272 A
SHENDEN.
... a distinguished position in English letters . When Anastasia Alexandrovna
reached a suitable age she married Vladimir Semenovich Leonidov , also an
exile from his native country , and it was after she had been married 272 A
SHENDEN.
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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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| 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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