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Page 78
The lives of all of us were in her hands and I knew that if she left that room in
twenty - four hours we should be dead men . And I loved her , I loved her ; oh ,
words cannot tell you the agony of desire that burned my heart ; love like that is
no ...
The lives of all of us were in her hands and I knew that if she left that room in
twenty - four hours we should be dead men . And I loved her , I loved her ; oh ,
words cannot tell you the agony of desire that burned my heart ; love like that is
no ...
Page 190
Ashenden knew in Lucerne a Swiss who was willing on emergency to do odd
jobs and , looking him up , asked him to take a letter to Berne . It might be
possible to pick up Caypor and trace his movements . Next day Caypor appeared
once ...
Ashenden knew in Lucerne a Swiss who was willing on emergency to do odd
jobs and , looking him up , asked him to take a letter to Berne . It might be
possible to pick up Caypor and trace his movements . Next day Caypor appeared
once ...
Page 195
She was disappointed , but not yet anxious ; she knew how irregular at that time
was the post . But next day during the lesson he could not but see that she was
impatient to have done with it . The post was delivered at noon and at five
minutes ...
She was disappointed , but not yet anxious ; she knew how irregular at that time
was the post . But next day during the lesson he could not but see that she was
impatient to have done with it . The post was delivered at noon and at five
minutes ...
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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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