Ebook {Epub PDF} Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham

 · the works of w. somerset maugham. w. somerset maugham. ashenden. or the british agent. heinemann london melbourne toronto. first published reprinted (twice), (twice), , , , (twice), , (twice), , printed in great britain by the windmill press ltd kingswood, surrey. preface.  · Ashenden or The British Agent (London: Heinemann, ) This post will look at W. Somerset Maugham's collection of short stories Ashenden. It will cover some comments of contemporary reviews and the description of two editions. At the end of this post, you will find a link to some of the bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins. W. Somerset Maugham () was an English novelist and bltadwin.rum was famous as a dramatist before he was known for his novels and short stories. His clarity of style, the perfection of his form, and the subtlety of his thought, thinly veiled by a worldly cynicism made him an international bltadwin.ru by:

A set of short stories, connected in theme, featuring Ashenden, "a writer by profession", who is now a member of the British Secret Service. Like Ian Fleming, Somerset Maugham had himself been a secret agent! And like Ashenden, and notwithstanding that Maugham believed in the work he was doing, he nonetheless found it sordid and discouraging, touching as it did on the darkest side of human. This item: Ashenden, or, The British Agent by William Somerset Maugham New Edition () Paperback. $ In stock. Usually ships within 3 to 4 days. Ships from and sold by Texas Book Outlet. $ shipping. The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Graham Greene Paperback. Ashenden: Or the British Agent is a collection of loosely linked stories by W. Somerset bltadwin.ru is partly based on the author's experience as a member of British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War.

Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham. Ashenden is a collection of short stories inspired by Maugham’s work as a spy during WWI. When the time drew near for the arrival of the train from Paris that was to take them direct to Rome and the Hairless Mexican did not appear Ashenden, beginning to grow a trifle anxious, went out on the platform to look for him. Ashenden; or, the British Agent, by W. Somerset Maugham is not the first secret agent novel in English. Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent () may hold that honor. Arthur Conan Doyle’s story, “His Last Bow,” () which has Holmes doing secret agent work and outwitting a German secret agent, also precedes Maugham’s work, though Doyle’s work is a short story. Ashenden, written by Somerset Maugham and loosely based on his experiences as an MI6 agent during World War One, was published in Ashenden was one of the first ‘realistic’ spy novels, taking a cynical view of espionage and its human consequences.