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Ashenden was told that Miss King had not been to England since she was first
engaged as governess of the prince's mother and he could not but be amazed to
think of all she must have seen during those long years in the harems of Cairo .
Ashenden was told that Miss King had not been to England since she was first
engaged as governess of the prince's mother and he could not but be amazed to
think of all she must have seen during those long years in the harems of Cairo .
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idly at the water's edge and there was none to take them , and in the avenues by
the lake the only persons to be seen were serious Swiss taking their neutrality ,
like a dachshund , for a walk with them . Ashenden felt exhilarated by the solitude
...
idly at the water's edge and there was none to take them , and in the avenues by
the lake the only persons to be seen were serious Swiss taking their neutrality ,
like a dachshund , for a walk with them . Ashenden felt exhilarated by the solitude
...
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She was dressed all in red and wore the same red hat in which he had first seen
her . She looked so flashy that he did not fancy the notion of asking her to a place
where he might be seen and so suggested Soho . There were hansoms still in ...
She was dressed all in red and wore the same red hat in which he had first seen
her . She looked so flashy that he did not fancy the notion of asking her to a place
where he might be seen and so suggested Soho . There were hansoms still in ...
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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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