Project Gutenberg 2005-11-19 Public domain in the USA. 194 Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) 1866 1946 Partridge, Anthony Oppenheim, Edward Phillips The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Double_Life_of_Mr._Alfred_Burton_(novel) 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.) Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Category: Novels Category: British Literature 449535 2025-06-07T10:57:52.632724 text/html 449356 2025-01-15T23:40:19.594507 text/html 240179 2025-06-07T10:58:01.928666 application/epub+zip 246365 2025-06-07T10:57:55.931710 application/epub+zip 232751 2025-06-07T10:57:54.604708 application/epub+zip 461279 2025-06-07T10:58:06.204638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438224 2025-06-07T10:58:01.017667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407811 2022-09-08T09:15:56.144352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399016 2025-06-07T10:57:52.162723 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 19334 2025-06-07T10:58:06.343642 application/rdf+xml 15532 2025-06-07T10:57:55.166682 image/jpeg 3751 2025-06-07T10:57:54.884712 image/jpeg 235653 2025-06-07T10:57:52.669751 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia