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Page 14
What balderdash was this the detective was talking to him ( boom , boom , he
heard the big drum as the giant lumbered on the scene ) , and why on earth
should the chief of police send to him to find out if his beauty sleep had been
disturbed ...
What balderdash was this the detective was talking to him ( boom , boom , he
heard the big drum as the giant lumbered on the scene ) , and why on earth
should the chief of police send to him to find out if his beauty sleep had been
disturbed ...
Page 25
abstracted his mind from the fact that his bath was growing almost tepid , when
he heard a knock at the door . Since he did not want anyone to enter , he had the
presence of mind not to say come in , but the knock . ing was repeated . “ Who is
it ...
abstracted his mind from the fact that his bath was growing almost tepid , when
he heard a knock at the door . Since he did not want anyone to enter , he had the
presence of mind not to say come in , but the knock . ing was repeated . “ Who is
it ...
Page 258
He had a little book in which he noted down the stories he heard and he told
Ashenden that when he was going out to dinner he always looked up half a
dozen so that he should not be at a loss . They were marked with a G if they could
be told ...
He had a little book in which he noted down the stories he heard and he told
Ashenden that when he was going out to dinner he always looked up half a
dozen so that he should not be at a loss . They were marked with a G if they could
be told ...
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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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