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1、TheDoubleTraitorOppenheim,EdwardPhillipsPublished:1915Type(s):Novels,History,ThrillerSource:http://www.gutenberg.org1AboutOppenheim:EdwardPhillipsOppenheim(October22,1866–February3,1946),wasanEnglishnovelist,inhislifetimeamajorandsuccessfulwriterofge
2、nrefictionincludingthrillers.FeaturedonthecoverofTimemagazineonSeptember12,1927,hewastheself-styled"princeofstorytellers."Hecomposedsomeonehundredandfiftynovels,mainlyofthesuspenseandinternationalintriguenature,butincludingromances,comedies,andparabl
3、esofeverydaylife.Hewastheearliestwriterofspyfictionasun-derstoodtoday,andinventedthe"RogueMale"schoolofadventurethrillersthatwaslaterexploitedbyJohnBuchanandGeoffreyHouse-hold.UndoubtedlyhismostrenownedworkwasTheGreatImpersona-tion:itwasfilmedthrice,
4、thelasttimeasastrongpieceofwartimepro-paganda.PerhapsOppenheim'smostenduringcreationisthecharacterofGeneralBesserley,theprotagonistofGeneralBesserley'sPuzzleBoxandGeneralBesserley'sNewPuzzleBox(oneofhislastworks).MuchofOppenheim'sworkpossessesaunique
5、escapistcharm,featuringprotag-onistswhodelightinEpicureanmeals,surroundingsofintenseluxury,andtherelaxedpursuitofcriminalpractice,oneithersideofthelaw.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1Thewomanleanedacrossthetabletowardshercompanion.“Myfriend,”shesaid,“whenwe
6、firstmet—Iamashamed,consider-ingthatIdinealonewithyouto-night,toreflecthowshortatimeago—youspokeofyourremovalherefromParisverymuchasthoughitwereaveritableexile.Itoldyouthenthattheremightbesurprisesinstoreforyou.Thisrestaurant,forinstance!Webothknowou
7、rParis,yetdowelackanythingherewhichyoufindattheRitzorGiro’s?”Theyoungmanlookedaroundhimappraisingly.ThetwowerediningatoneofthenewestandmostfashionablerestaurantsinBerlin.Theroomitself,althoughalittlesombrebyreasonofitsoakpanelling,wasrelievedfromabso
8、lutegloombythelightnessandeleganceofitsfur-nitureandappointments,theprofusionofflowers,andthesoftgreycar-pet,sothicklypiledthateverysoundwasdeadened.Thedelicatestrainsofmusiccamefromaninvisibleorchestraconcealedbehindacanopyofpalms.Thehead-waitershad
