The Best British Short Stories of 1928
Author : Edward Joseph O'Brien
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Page : 384 pages
File Size : 15,43 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Short stories
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Author : Edward Joseph O'Brien
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Page : 384 pages
File Size : 15,43 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Short stories
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Author : Edward Joseph O'Brien
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Page : 386 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Short stories
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Author : Edward Joseph O'Brien
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Page : 308 pages
File Size : 22,81 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Short stories, Australian
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Page : 336 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 1932
Category : Short stories
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Author : Edward Joseph O'Brien
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 13,99 MB
Release : 1931
Category : Short stories
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Author : Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien
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Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,38 MB
Release : 1932
Category : Short stories
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Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,44 MB
Release : 1932
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Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,22 MB
Release : 1932
Category : Short stories, American
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Page : 424 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 1931
Category : Short stories
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Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 2023-01-01T20:46:22Z
Category : Fiction
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During World War I W. Somerset Maugham, already by then an established playwright and author, was recruited to be a British intelligence agent. These stories reflect his wartime experiences in intelligence gathering. Though fictionalized, they managed to retain enough authentic elements for Winston Churchill to advise Maugham that their publication might be a violation of the Official Secrets Act, resulting in the author burning an additional 14 stories. Set in various locales across the continent, these remaining Ashenden stories are a precursor to the jet-setting spy novels of the 1950s and 1960s. Maugham is known as a master short story writer and these stories are no exception, combining wit and realism to create memorable characters in a unique and highly critical portrait of wartime espionage. Initially released to a mixed reception—with an early review by D. H. Lawrence being especially scathing—Ashenden has since been credited as an inspiration for numerous authors, including John Le Carré, Graham Greene, and Raymond Chandler. The latter in particular was especially impressed, writing in 1950, “There are no other great spy stories—none at all. I have been searching and I know.” This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.