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William somerset maugham was an english playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era, and reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s. A set of short stories, connected in theme, featuring ashenden, a writer. All are beautifully written of course, though the final story. Or, the british agent 1928 consists of sixteen stories and sketches bound by the central character, an authorial persona. Somerset maugham, 1966, avon books edition, in english ashenden 1966 edition open library. Joseph conrads the secret agent 1907 may hold that honor. Somerset maugham is not the first secret agent novel in english. Ellery queen included this book in an updated version of the readers list of detective story cornerstones, a muchcited roster of genredefining works originally compiled by howard haycraft and first published in 1941. I didnt see any illustrations, but that is not important.
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William somerset maugham, ch january 25, 1874 december 16, 1965 was an english playwright, novelist, and short story writer. Features willie ashenden, who resurfaces in maughams ashenden. It was not a torrent, for there was nothing impetuous about it, it was like a. Maugham was famous as a dramatist before he was known for his novels and short stories. He says in his foreword that he has fictionalized them because while life itself may seem random and haphazard, good entertaining fiction must not be. William somerset maugham 18741965 was born in paris, the son of a british embassy official, and grew up in england. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
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