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... but going from Switzerland to Switzerland , so that his journey might have been
to Vevey or to Lausanne ; but he could never be sure that the secret police had
not taken note of him , and if he had been 8 ASHENDEN OR THE BRITISH
AGENT.
... but going from Switzerland to Switzerland , so that his journey might have been
to Vevey or to Lausanne ; but he could never be sure that the secret police had
not taken note of him , and if he had been 8 ASHENDEN OR THE BRITISH
AGENT.
Page 48
... Geneva to meet R. at Lyons and having got there before him had spent the
afternoon wandering about the dull , busy and prosaic streets of that thriving city .
They were sitting now in a restaurant on the place to which Ashenden had taken
R.
... Geneva to meet R. at Lyons and having got there before him had spent the
afternoon wandering about the dull , busy and prosaic streets of that thriving city .
They were sitting now in a restaurant on the place to which Ashenden had taken
R.
Page 72
I who have taken pleasure in clasping a diamond bracelet round the wrist of a
beautiful woman have been forced to accept a suit of clothes from a hag old
enough to be my mother . Patience . Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly
upward ...
I who have taken pleasure in clasping a diamond bracelet round the wrist of a
beautiful woman have been forced to accept a suit of clothes from a hag old
enough to be my mother . Patience . Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly
upward ...
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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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