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Page 79
But she was so beautiful , I turned my face away when I drew the knife with all my
strength across her lovely throat . Without awaking she passed from sleep to
death . " He stopped and stared frowning at the four cards that still lay , their
backs ...
But she was so beautiful , I turned my face away when I drew the knife with all my
strength across her lovely throat . Without awaking she passed from sleep to
death . " He stopped and stared frowning at the four cards that still lay , their
backs ...
Page 106
Then he turned to the orderly . " I don't want to be disturbed . " The secretary , a
sub - lieutenant in the thirties , obviously a civilian with a temporary commission ,
gathered up a mass of papers and left the room . As the orderly was following R.
Then he turned to the orderly . " I don't want to be disturbed . " The secretary , a
sub - lieutenant in the thirties , obviously a civilian with a temporary commission ,
gathered up a mass of papers and left the room . As the orderly was following R.
Page 277
She turned her face away and Ashenden saw that the heavy tears were coursing
down her cheeks . He was much moved . ... But when Anastasia Alexandrovna
had mastered her emotion she turned to him gravely . She looked at him with her
...
She turned her face away and Ashenden saw that the heavy tears were coursing
down her cheeks . He was much moved . ... But when Anastasia Alexandrovna
had mastered her emotion she turned to him gravely . She looked at him with her
...
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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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