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Multilingual, knowledgeable about many european countries and a celebrated writer, maugham had the perfect cover, and the assignment appealed to his love of romance, and of the ridiculous. Somerset maugham collected short stories volume 3 contents miss king the hairless mexican giulia lazzari the traitor his excellency mr harringtons washing sanatorium miss king it was not till the beginning of september that ashenden, a writer by profession, who had been abroad at the outbreak of the war, managed to get back to england. Project gutenberg offers 61992 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. William somerset maugham 1874 1965 was a british playwright, novelist and short story writer. Somerset maugham novel, originally published in 1908. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or. Theater by william somerset maugham download epub, mobi, pdf. Somerset maugham is not the first secret agent novel in english. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Somerset and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He was educated at kings school, canterbury, and at heidelberg university.
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Somerset maugham 1874 1965 was a british playwright, novelist and short story writer. Maughams ashenden stories are just a fraction of his work and definitely he is the best short story writer in english fiction in the 20th century. Ashenden, by somerset maugham the presidential panel on nsa has brought renewed attention to the practice of spying. Maugham s last major novel, the razors edge, published in 1944, was a departure for him in many ways. He was among the most popular writers of his era, and reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, for harold kamp from w. William somerset maugham was born in 1874 and lived in paris until he was ten. Maughamsashendenis a collection of loosely linked short stories, comprising sixteen fairly selfcontained chapters. Somerset maugham 18471965 rain charts the moral disintegration of a missionary attempting to convert a pacific island prostitute named sadie thompson. Comparing selected aspects of somerset maughams ashenden. Ashenden, by somerset maugham the presidential panel on nsa has brought renewed attention to the practice of spying this week. Somerset maugham july 6, 1928, together with a letter from maugham regarding the opportunity to inscribe this copy.
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