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Ashenden: Or the British Agent
- Author: W Somerset Maugham
- As Noted In: Notable Novels and Novellas, Phantom
- As Noted In: The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time, Mystery Writers of America
Ashenden: Or the British Agent is a 1928 collection of loosely linked stories by W Somerset Maugham partly based on the author's experience as a member of British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War.
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| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928/00/00 | W Somerset Maugham | Author | "Ashenden: Or the British Agent" is published. |
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| Particulars for Ashenden: Or the British Agent: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Crime | Crime | ||
| Profession | Espionage | the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain information | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Mystery | something not understood or beyond understanding | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story Collection | an assembly of unrelated short fiction narratives | |
| Motif | War | ||
| Historic Event | World War I | ||
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