Project Gutenberg 2005-11-19 Public domain in the USA. 73 Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) 1866 1946 Partridge, Anthony Oppenheim, Edward Phillips The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Michael Kolodny "The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton" by E. Phillips Oppenheim is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Alfred Burton, a young auctioneer's clerk who unexpectedly begins to see life through a new lens after encountering a mysterious room in an estate he's showing. This chance discovery marks the beginning of a transformative journey for him, as he struggles with the dichotomy of his mundane existence and a newly awakened perception of the world. At the start of the book, we learn about Alfred Burton, who is engaged in a rather ordinary day at work showing a house to a client. During this appointment, he encounters an enigmatic locked room that once housed an Egyptian or Arab who inexplicably died after working on something undisclosed. Driven by curiosity, Burton enters the room, discovers an unusual plant, and foolishly consumes one of its fruits. This act catalyzes a profound change in him; he emerges from the experience with altered sensibilities, causing him to reassess his life, his job, and ultimately his relationships. The opening section sets up the primary conflict of the narrative: the struggle within Burton as he negotiates between his former life and his burgeoning awareness of beauty and truth in the world around him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature 449363 449302 2024-10-07T13:51:00.077503 2023-09-08T04:34:58.301474 text/html text/html 449356 449295 2024-10-07T13:51:00.370483 2023-09-08T04:34:58.474463 text/html text/html 240114 2024-10-07T13:51:09.421422 application/epub+zip 246393 2024-10-07T13:51:03.570469 application/epub+zip 232779 2024-10-07T13:51:02.292434 application/epub+zip 461277 2024-10-07T13:51:13.554891 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438224 2024-10-07T13:51:08.589408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407811 2022-09-08T09:15:56.144352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399016 399006 2024-10-07T13:50:59.549458 2023-09-08T04:34:57.920451 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 398889 2020-12-13T06:50:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 148885 2020-12-13T06:50:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 398880 2020-12-13T06:50:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 148859 2020-12-13T06:50:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20731 2024-10-07T13:51:13.697898 application/rdf+xml 15532 2024-10-07T13:51:02.846592 image/jpeg 3751 2024-10-07T13:51:02.575449 image/jpeg 235586 2024-10-07T13:51:00.408483 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia