i enjoyed the razor's edge, but the perspective maugham's Ashenden gives you on the characters he meets in the course of his duties as a WWI spy is surprisingly poignant. I picked this book up in what was intended to be idle summer reading - it is, after all, maugham short stories - but for the little effort this book requires (maugham is such a pleasure to read) it's amazingly rewarding. John Quincy Harrington - American businessmanĪnastasia Alexandrovna Leonidov ('Delilah') Sir Herbert Witherspoon - British ambassadorīenedict - interpreter at the British Consulate Giulia Lazzari - Chandr's madly in love with Giulia The Hairless Mexican - 'The General' Manuel Carmona Keeping a list of the names of the characters in each of the stories, greatly helps me to remember the story.ĪSHENDEN: Collected Short Stories Volume 3 The Hairless Mexican - 'The First published 1951Ī book of short stories can be difficult to recall later. colonel, Intelligence Department Bernard Baronne de Higgins Prince Ali Miss King - little old English governess Mustapha Pasha Monsieur Bridet - the assistant manager Dr Arbos THE HAIRLESS MEXICAN Ashenden - Mr Somerville R. ASHENDEN: Collected Short Stories Volume 3 Preface MISS KING Ashenden R. Keeping a list of the names of the characters in each of the stories, greatly helps me to remember the story.
Pero lo interesante del cuento no es la trama de espionaje (que es muy pequeña), sino su profundidad psicológica y el dilema al que se enfrenta el protagonista para cumplir con su misión.įirst published 1951 A book of short stories can be difficult to recall later. El que más me ha gustado es "El traidor", sobre la captura de un inglés casado con una alemana que actúa como espía alemán. But the interesting part of the story is not the espionage plot (which is quite small), but its psychological depth and the dilemma faced by the protagonist to fulfill his mission.ĮSPAÑOL: Siete cuentos de Maugham, alrededor de su personaje Ashenden, espía británico durante la primera guerra mundial basado en sus propias actividades en ese campo. The story I liked most is "The Traitor," about the capture of an Englishman married to a German lady, who is acting as a German spy. ESPAÑOL: Siete cuentos de Maugha ENGLISH: Seven stories by Maugham, built around Ashenden, a British spy during the first world war, a character based on his own activities in that field. But the interesting part of the story is not the espionage plot (which is quite small), but its psychological depth and the dilemma faced by the protagonist to fulfill his mission. Most dreadful of all is the bleak story of the Traitor, whose fate reveals the real horror of the agent's profession.moreĮNGLISH: Seven stories by Maugham, built around Ashenden, a British spy during the first world war, a character based on his own activities in that field. And the pathetic tale of Mr Harrington, the touching and ridiculous American, clumsily feeling his way through the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. There is the fiasco of the Hairless Mexican, a ladies' man and thoroughly inept assassin.
#Somerset maugham short stories bibliography series#
From his almost casual recruitment into Intelligence at the beginning of hostilities we follow his progress through a series of incidents. His alter-ego is Ashenden, a calm observer with a cool head. There is the fiasco of the Who better qualified to chronicle the experiences of an author-agent during the First World War than Somerset Maugham, himself a writer turned spy?
Who better qualified to chronicle the experiences of an author-agent during the First World War than Somerset Maugham, himself a writer turned spy? His alter-ego is Ashenden, a calm observer with a cool head.
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