The Traitors
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Learners with intermediate English who want to build reading volume through public-domain novels
- Readers of English genre fiction who enjoy intrigue, betrayal, and adventure
- Enthusiasts studying early twentieth-century British popular and serial fiction
- Teachers who need free English texts as supplementary reading material
Not a good fit for
- Beginners with weak English who need line-by-line notes and Chinese translation
- Readers who prefer serious literature, experimental narrative, or deep psychological portrayal
- Contemporary readers impatient with the plot conventions of old popular fiction
Reading tips
- Read the opening chapters first to gauge the narrative pace; if the plot draws you in, keep a steady pace of one or two chapters a day.
- Guess unfamiliar words from context first and look them up after finishing a chapter, so reading flow is not constantly interrupted.
- After finishing, map out how the main characters' loyalties shift, using brief notes on who betrays whom and why, to help grasp the structure.
- If using the book for English study, pick a dialogue passage for close reading and imitation to get a feel for the tone and wording of early twentieth-century English fiction
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.
