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Ashenden

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First published: 1927
Pages: 212

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Preface
0:47
R.
5:37
A Domiciliary Visit
28:57
Miss King
40:19
The Hairless Mexican
33:47
The Dark Woman
20:43
The Greek
27:26
A Trip To Paris
35:12
Giulia Lazzari
43:09
Gustav
12:54
The Traitor
69:04
Behind the Scenes
13:18
His Excellency
62:55
The Flip of a Coin
9:53
A Chance Acquaintance
29:55
Love and Russian Literature
24:48
Mr. Harrington's Washing
32:53

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About this book

During the First World War, Maugham served in British intelligence, and he turned that experience into these linked stories about a writer recruited to do quiet, morally uneasy work for his country. Ashenden, the agent of the title, carries messages, watches suspects, and now and then sends a man to his death, all without the glamour later spies would be given. The tone is dry, observant, and unsentimental, closer to real espionage than to adventure. First published in 1928, the book shaped how later writers such as Ian Fleming and John le Carre imagined the trade.

About the author

W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most popular British authors of the twentieth century, working across the novel, the short story, and the stage. He trained as a physician and served in wartime intelligence, experiences that sharpened his clear prose and unsentimental view of people.