The Master Mummer
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Genre readers who enjoy suspense and adventure fiction in the original English
- Students and enthusiasts studying early twentieth-century British popular literature
- English learners seeking free public-domain eBooks for extensive reading
- Readers interested in the social atmosphere and narrative tastes of the Edwardian era
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting deep psychological characterization and literary experimentation
- Readers who prefer Chinese translations and are unwilling to read the English original
- Researchers requiring scholarly annotations and detailed background introductions
Reading tips
- Read through the first few chapters to grasp the main character relationships and the setup of suspense, then return to sort out clues and foreshadowing.
- It helps to learn about early twentieth-century British popular fiction publishing to understand the narrative conventions.
- When using it for extensive English reading, mark unfamiliar words and look them up later to keep the reading rhythm.
- After finishing, try to summarize how the central mystery is revealed and compare it with similar suspense works.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
E. Phillips Oppenheim (Edward Phillips Oppenheim, 1866–194) was a writer known for mystery and espionage fiction. Public information about him is limited, and the biographical details in our records are incomplete. The existing catalogue shows that he was a prolific author, with 61 of his works held on this site, including The Great Impersonation, The Double Traitor, The Governors, The Lost Ambassador, The Yellow House, and Stolen Idols. These works generally centre on disguise and false identity, political intrigue, detective pursuit, and adventure; their plots are tightly paced and full of suspense, and he was skilled at advancing the narrative through complex relationships among characters. His works are often classified under inspirational growth, reflecting readers' interest in the choices and turning points of fate faced by his characters.
