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Page 24
Ashenden went to the market about nine when the housewives of Geneva for the
most part had done their provisioning , stopped in front of the basket by the side
of which , rain or wind , hot or cold , sat that indomitable creature and bought half
...
Ashenden went to the market about nine when the housewives of Geneva for the
most part had done their provisioning , stopped in front of the basket by the side
of which , rain or wind , hot or cold , sat that indomitable creature and bought half
...
Page 162
Caypor stopped and Ashenden felt that his eyes were turned in his direction . Mrs
. Caypor had noticed the arrival of a stranger and had drawn her husband's
attention to it . Ashenden turned the page of the book he was pretending to read ,
but ...
Caypor stopped and Ashenden felt that his eyes were turned in his direction . Mrs
. Caypor had noticed the arrival of a stranger and had drawn her husband's
attention to it . Ashenden turned the page of the book he was pretending to read ,
but ...
Page 236
And Ashenden once more wished that he would stop , it made him shy and
nervous to see the man's naked soul : no one has the right to show himself to
another in that destitute state . He was inclined to cry : " Stop , stop . You mustn't
tell me ...
And Ashenden once more wished that he would stop , it made him shy and
nervous to see the man's naked soul : no one has the right to show himself to
another in that destitute state . He was inclined to cry : " Stop , stop . You mustn't
tell me ...
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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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