Ashenden: Or the British Agent

Author: W Somerset Maugham

Type: Novel
Length: 326 pages

Includes: R (Short Story)
Includes: A Domiciliary Visit (Short Story)
Includes: Miss King (Short Story)
Includes: The Hairless Mexican (Short Story)
Includes: The Dark Woman (Short Story)
Includes: The Greek (Short Story)
Includes: A Trip to Paris (Short Story)
Includes: Giulia Lazzari (Short Story)
Includes: Gustav (Short Story)
Includes: The Traitor (Short Story)
Includes: Behind the Scenes (Short Story)
Includes: His Excellency (Short Story)
Includes: The Flip of a Coin (Short Story)
Includes: A Chance Acquaintance (Short Story)
Includes: Love and Russian Literature (Short Story)
Includes: Mr Harrington's Washing (Short Story)

As Noted In: 1100 or so 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.

Theme Group: British Espionage

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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