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Page 76
You will think I was a fool , I was the happiest man alive ; for seven days I paid
her a thousand silver duros to dine with me . Every evening I waited for her with
my heart in my mouth , as nervous as a novillero at his first bull - fight , and every
...
You will think I was a fool , I was the happiest man alive ; for seven days I paid
her a thousand silver duros to dine with me . Every evening I waited for her with
my heart in my mouth , as nervous as a novillero at his first bull - fight , and every
...
Page 131
Don't be a fool . You can't help yourself . ” She burst into a sudden flood of tears .
She flung herself on the floor and seizing Ashenden's knees implored him to
have mercy on her . “ I will do anything in the world for you if let me go . ” " Don't
be ...
Don't be a fool . You can't help yourself . ” She burst into a sudden flood of tears .
She flung herself on the floor and seizing Ashenden's knees implored him to
have mercy on her . “ I will do anything in the world for you if let me go . ” " Don't
be ...
Page 211
The question came so oddly on the top of the other that it sounded faintly comic . "
Oh , I think he's a damned fool . " Sir Herbert leaned back in his chair , holding the
huge glass with both hands in order to bring out 211 HIS EXCELLENCY.
The question came so oddly on the top of the other that it sounded faintly comic . "
Oh , I think he's a damned fool . " Sir Herbert leaned back in his chair , holding the
huge glass with both hands in order to bring out 211 HIS EXCELLENCY.
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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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| 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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