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Page 102
But he was intrigued to discover , what he had not known before , that there was
someone in Geneva part of whose duties at all events was to keep an eye on him
. There was evidently someone who had orders to see that he did not neglect ...
But he was intrigued to discover , what he had not known before , that there was
someone in Geneva part of whose duties at all events was to keep an eye on him
. There was evidently someone who had orders to see that he did not neglect ...
Page 110
He is not known to have anything to do with women . He neither drinks nor
smokes . He is said to be honest . Considerable sums of money have passed
through his hands and there has never been any question as to his not having
made a ...
He is not known to have anything to do with women . He neither drinks nor
smokes . He is said to be honest . Considerable sums of money have passed
through his hands and there has never been any question as to his not having
made a ...
Page 165
He had no notion that anything was known of him . His letters , and he received a
good many , were closely censored ; there were few codes that the people who
dealt with such matters could not in the end decipher and it might be that sooner
...
He had no notion that anything was known of him . His letters , and he received a
good many , were closely censored ; there were few codes that the people who
dealt with such matters could not in the end decipher and it might be that sooner
...
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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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