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a little and French quite well , but the answers were written entirely in English ; it
was good English , but not an Englishman's English , flowery and rather
grandiloquent ; I wondered who was writing them . They seemed to be just
ordinary love ...
a little and French quite well , but the answers were written entirely in English ; it
was good English , but not an Englishman's English , flowery and rather
grandiloquent ; I wondered who was writing them . They seemed to be just
ordinary love ...
Page 168
It's very good of you . I've lived so long on the Continent that I'm always forgetting
that my countrymen are apt to look upon it as confounded cheek if you talk to
them . Are you English , by the way , or American ? " " English , ” said Ashenden .
It's very good of you . I've lived so long on the Continent that I'm always forgetting
that my countrymen are apt to look upon it as confounded cheek if you talk to
them . Are you English , by the way , or American ? " " English , ” said Ashenden .
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Caypor addressing her in English told her in his jovial way , as though she did
not know it already , what Ashenden had told him about himself . She listened
grimly . “ I think you told me you understood German , said Caypor , his big red
face ...
Caypor addressing her in English told her in his jovial way , as though she did
not know it already , what Ashenden had told him about himself . She listened
grimly . “ I think you told me you understood German , said Caypor , his big red
face ...
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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 The Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | World Publishing Company, 1947 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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