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.
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| ISBN: | 9780140185911 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 1993 |
| Author: | W Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Series: | Classic, 20Th-Century, Penguin |
| Genres: |
Shorter Reads Classic fiction: general and literary General Fiction |
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.
Collected Short Stories features in the following genres: Shorter Reads, Classic fiction: general and literary, General Fiction
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Collected Short Stories was written by W Somerset Maugham and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group
Collected Short Stories has 272 pages
Yes it is part of Classic, 20Th-Century, Penguin series