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Page 97
... chance of finding a cab ; but the sky was starry . It was a summer night and the
air was still . The silence walked beside them like the ghost of a dead man .
When they neared the station the houses seemed on a sudden to take on a
greyer ...
... chance of finding a cab ; but the sky was starry . It was a summer night and the
air was still . The silence walked beside them like the ghost of a dead man .
When they neared the station the houses seemed on a sudden to take on a
greyer ...
Page 125
At that moment the train stopped at a station and the detective waiting in the
corridor tapped on the window . Ashenden opened the door and the man gave
him a picture - postcard . It was a dull little view of Pontarlier , the frontier station ...
At that moment the train stopped at a station and the detective waiting in the
corridor tapped on the window . Ashenden opened the door and the man gave
him a picture - postcard . It was a dull little view of Pontarlier , the frontier station ...
Page 252
You must get to the station a couple of hours before the train starts . There's
always an awful scrimmage and if you're not there in good time someone will
pinch your seat . ' The train started at midnight and Ashenden dined with
Benedict at the ...
You must get to the station a couple of hours before the train starts . There's
always an awful scrimmage and if you're not there in good time someone will
pinch your seat . ' The train started at midnight and Ashenden dined with
Benedict at the ...
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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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