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کروا کر gown and slipped a dress over her head . She forced her feet into shoes
obviously too small for her . She arranged her hair . Every now and then she
gave the detectives a hurried , sullen glance . . Ashenden wondered if she would
...
کروا کر gown and slipped a dress over her head . She forced her feet into shoes
obviously too small for her . She arranged her hair . Every now and then she
gave the detectives a hurried , sullen glance . . Ashenden wondered if she would
...
Page 291
They wouldn't dare touch a hair of my head . " “ They'd have difficulty in finding
one , ” said Anastasia Alexandrovna , who when she was in a temper had no
manners . “ But if you think Russian soldiers are going to hesitate to kill you
because ...
They wouldn't dare touch a hair of my head . " “ They'd have difficulty in finding
one , ” said Anastasia Alexandrovna , who when she was in a temper had no
manners . “ But if you think Russian soldiers are going to hesitate to kill you
because ...
Page 304
Anastasia Alexandrovna touched Ashenden's arm to draw his attention : sitting
on the pavement , her head bent right down to her lap , was a woman and she
was dead . A little way on two men had fallen together . They were dead too .
Anastasia Alexandrovna touched Ashenden's arm to draw his attention : sitting
on the pavement , her head bent right down to her lap , was a woman and she
was dead . A little way on two men had fallen together . They were dead too .
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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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