Maugham W. Somerset - Collected Short Stories: Volume 3 - Paperback
Maugham W. Somerset - Collected Short Stories: Volume 3 - Paperback
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Description: This third volume of Maugham's stories introduced and selected by the author himself contains the celebrated series about Ashenden a secret service agent in WWI. Based on Maugham's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland the stories are vignettes in which he dramatizes both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English - speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up - to - date translations by award - winning translators.
Title: Collected Short Stories: Volume 3
Author(s): Maugham W. Somerset
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Barcode: 9780140185911
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 6/1/1993
Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin
Category: Short Stories
Description: This third volume of Maugham's stories introduced and selected by the author himself contains the celebrated series about Ashenden a secret service agent in WWI. Based on Maugham's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland the stories are vignettes in which he dramatizes both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English - speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up - to - date translations by award - winning translators.
Title: Collected Short Stories: Volume 3
Author(s): Maugham W. Somerset
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Barcode: 9780140185911
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 6/1/1993
Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin
Category: Short Stories