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Ashenden gave him one and on this the Colonel scribbled in pencil the name of
a street and the number of a house . When Ashenden walked along next morning
to keep his appointment he found himself in a street of rather vulgar red - brick ...
Ashenden gave him one and on this the Colonel scribbled in pencil the name of
a street and the number of a house . When Ashenden walked along next morning
to keep his appointment he found himself in a street of rather vulgar red - brick ...
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While they ate a late dinner he made himself very gallant and she played up to
him agreeably ; but when they got up to go and he proposed that she should
come round to his rooms in Waverton Street she told him that a friend had come
over ...
While they ate a late dinner he made himself very gallant and she played up to
him agreeably ; but when they got up to go and he proposed that she should
come round to his rooms in Waverton Street she told him that a friend had come
over ...
Page 303
the sound of shots and before you could realize what was happening two
armoured cars came dashing down the street . There were soldiers in them and
they were firing as they went . I don't know why . For fun , I suppose , or because
they ...
the sound of shots and before you could realize what was happening two
armoured cars came dashing down the street . There were soldiers in them and
they were firing as they went . I don't know why . For fun , I suppose , or because
they ...
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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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