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The E. Phillips Oppenheim Library
Behind the doors of quiet clubs, fashionable hotels and foreign embassies, secrets are exchanged, loyalties tested, and fortunes placed at hazard. The E. Phillips Oppenheim Library presents the complete novels of the master of intrigue, read in full.Enter a world of mysterious strangers, diplomatic conspiracies, dangerous journeys, hidden identities and elegant villains. Where a dinner invitation may conceal a plot, and the fate of nations may turn upon a single whispered confidence. Settle in…
Episodes
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The Great Secret Chapter 3 - Miss Van Hoyt
In which a gentleman of considerable standing finds himself abruptly dismissed from an esteemed hotel following a night of disturbances, only to confront the…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 28 - The Real Alfred Burton
In which Edith and Mr. Burton attend a grand opera, where his unfamiliarity with such refined pleasures and his candid opinions cast a curious light upon the…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 29 - Riches and Repentance
In which Mr. Alfred Burton returns to his humble home in Laurence Avenue, adorned in the finery of newfound wealth and accompanied by a motor-car, only to find…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 30 - A Man's Soul
In which the half-yearly meeting of the Menatogen Company concludes on a note of success, though Mr. Alfred Burton finds himself overshadowed by social…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 27 - Mr. Waddington Also
In which Mr. Alfred Burton, somewhat unsteady and preoccupied, revisits acquaintances whose lively companionship offers both distraction and sober reflection…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 25 - Discontent
In which Mr. Alfred Burton is confronted by his estranged wife and Mr. Waddington regarding his sudden involvement with a dubious enterprise promising vast…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 26 - The End of a Wonderful World
In which Mr. Waddington and Burton promenade through London’s streets, their conversation punctuated by wistful remarks on fleeting beauty and the promise of…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 24 - Menatogen, the Mind Food
In which a convivial gathering marks the celebration of a remarkable new scientific discovery promising to create a revolutionary food said to nourish the…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 22 - Doubts
In which a well-dressed visitor named Mr. Bomford calls upon Mr. Burton to revisit a recent proposal involving an offer that promises travel, culture, and…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 23 - Condemned!
In which Alfred Burton, enveloped by the refined ambience of a supper at a restaurant of subtle elegance, confides in Edith the poignant burden of his…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 19 - A Bad Half-Hour
In which Mr. Burton experiences a curious internal struggle between sobriety and temptation, finding himself drawn unexpectedly back into familiar surroundings…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 20 - Another Complication
In which Mr. Burton completes his novel and seeks his sub-editor’s advice, only to return home unexpectedly to find Ellen waiting and concerned over young…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 21 - An Amazing Transformation
In which the curious transformation of young Alfred brings unexpected domestic challenges to Burton, whose efforts to care for the boy reveal a surprising new…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 17 - Burton Declines
In which Mr. Burton, confronted by an imposing offer for one of his mysterious beans, steadfastly refuses to part with the precious symbols of his unique…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 18 - The End of a Dream
In which a meal fraught with awkwardness gives way to a business proposition rooted in ambition and the promise of wealth, provoking in Mr. Burton a profound…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 16 - Enter Mr. Bomford!
In which Mr. Alfred Burton finds himself caught in the delicate tensions of a country house, as Edith debates inviting her fiancé, Mr. Bomford, much to…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 14 - The Legend of the Perfect Food
In which Mr. Burton seeks the learned assistance of Professor Cowper to translate a mysterious ancient manuscript that surprisingly originated in recent times…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 15 - The Professor Insists
In which Mr. Alfred Burton diligently immerses himself in the creation of his novel amidst the uncertainty of his extraordinary condition, visited unexpectedly…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 13 - Proof Positive
In which Mr. Burton, struggling with unsettling temptations, confides in Mr. Waddington about the troubling effects of the mysterious beans, and together they…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 10 - No Reconciliation
In which Alfred Burton confronts his estranged wife Ellen in their modest home, endeavouring to bridge their wide gulf with an extraordinary confession about a…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 11 - The Gate Into Paradise
In which Mr. Alfred Burton, impelled by a restless spirit, seeks out Edith in her garden to confess his tender and complicated feelings, only to encounter the…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 12 - A Bolt From the Blue
In which Mr. Burton and Mr. Waddington, once entwined in an unusual fate, find their present ease shadowed by unsettling impulses that hint at a possible…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 7 - The Truthful Auctioneer
In which Mr. Alfred Burton visits a house newly let and finds its former contents mysteriously stolen, leading him to the curious and somewhat discomfited…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 8 - Hesitation
In which Mr. Waddington and Burton discuss the curious consequences of newfound honesty that have altered their temperaments and prospects, revealing how…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 9 - The Land of Enchantment
In which the chance meeting between Alfred Burton and the blue-eyed girl unfolds beneath lilac trees and within an old-fashioned garden, revealing a delicate…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 4 - A Shock to Mr. Waddington
In which Mr. Alfred Burton, having adopted a new and modest attire, is thrust reluctantly into the midst of a salesroom fraught with misrepresentations and…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 5 - Burton's New Life
In which Alfred Burton embarks on a day of quiet self-discovery in London, grappling with newfound intellectual melancholy and the challenge of seeking…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 6 - A Meeting With Ellen
In which Mr. Alfred Burton, despite dire straits and a hunger that gnaws both body and spirit, discovers a remarkable gift for truthful description that wins…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 3 - Mr. Alfred Burton's Family
In which Alfred Burton returns to Garden Green in a startling new appearance, his altered perceptions casting a harsh light upon the familiar, and confronts…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 2 - A Transformation
In which Alfred Burton experiences a sudden and piercing disenchantment with his dreary surroundings and wrestles with a newfound conscience that compels him…
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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Chapter 1 - The Fruit of the Tree
In which Mr. Alfred Burton, a diligent young clerk for a mediocre West End agency, conducts a house viewing for an American client, revealing an eerie locked…