| Collected Short Stories: Volume 3 Contributor(s): Maugham, W. Somerset (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140185917 ISBN-13: 9780140185911 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.42" W x 7.56" (0.49 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |