Project Gutenberg 2011-01-13 Public domain in the USA. 106 Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) 1866 1946 Partridge, Anthony Oppenheim, Edward Phillips Kirkpatrick, William Arber-Brown 1880 Kirkpatrick, W. (William Arber-Brown) 11000774 The Golden Web Produced by Chris Curnow, Michael, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Golden Web" by E. Phillips Oppenheim is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the intertwined lives of its characters against a backdrop of intrigue and moral dilemmas revolving around wealth and survival. The main character, Stirling Deane, is a wealthy director of a mining corporation who becomes embroiled in a perilous situation involving a desperate man named Basil Rowan, whose future hangs in the balance due to unexpected circumstances and violent encounters. The opening of the novel sets the stage for an intense confrontation between Deane and Rowan, where Rowan, disheveled and desperate, seeks help after returning from Africa. The contrast between their appearances and circumstances underscores the themes of success and failure. Deane, at the peak of his career, is hesitant to assist Rowan, who is on the brink of ruin. The narrative quickly escalates as Rowan reveals his terminal illness and need for a quick financial solution. Deane’s moral conflict intensifies when he learns that Rowan has taken a dangerous path to redeem himself, leading to a complicated and tense plot as the characters navigate issues of loyalty, desperation, and the weighty consequences of their choices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34945/34945-h/images/cover.jpg en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 458564 458587 2024-09-14T14:29:02.807211 2023-09-15T09:07:34.154805 text/html text/html 460998 2011-01-13T10:01:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 390961 2011-01-13T10:02:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 405966 2024-09-14T14:29:09.126680 application/epub+zip 411706 2024-09-14T14:29:03.732196 application/epub+zip 229766 2024-09-14T14:29:03.224198 application/epub+zip 574550 2024-09-14T14:29:13.779659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533058 2024-09-14T14:29:08.671689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351926 2022-09-16T06:06:20.571158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433855 433749 2024-09-14T14:29:01.736217 2023-09-15T09:07:33.202829 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 433743 2011-01-13T10:01:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 159785 2011-01-13T10:02:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 433734 2011-01-13T10:01:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159720 2011-01-13T10:02:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20824 2024-09-14T14:29:13.929652 application/rdf+xml 16545 2024-09-14T14:29:03.312196 image/jpeg 2420 2024-09-14T14:29:03.268211 image/jpeg 391391 2024-09-14T14:29:02.858237 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