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The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim

Robert Standish

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Description:E. Phillips Oppenheim was a prolific writer: that, perhaps, is an understatement of a man who had well over a hundred novels published, to say nothing of forty books of collected short stories, as well as many dozens of short stories which were eagerly snapped up by leading magazine editors of the day. During the first forty odd years of this century he provided the ideal "escape" literature of the day and thousands of readers revelled in his various worlds of make-believe: supping at the Milan (Oppenheim name for the Savoy) with some enchanting lady, or standing behind the croupiers at Monte Carlo, or delving into the mysteries at some Foreign embassy. Never remotely "improper": always the superb storyteller.What sort of life did he have? This fabulous inventor of stories of mystery, suspense and romance, who died in 1946 at the age of 80? Who, after early years of struggle as a leather-merchant in Leicester, came to live in extreme comfort in the Monte Carlo playground?Robert Standish has proved himself the ideal teller of Oppenheimer's own story: the story of a dynamic man whose restlessness impelled him to live every day as though it were his last. "I do not intend," writes Standish, "to portray him with a halo, nor equip him with horns and a tail. I will not hesitate when the occasion arises to poke fun at his pretensions and vanities ... nor will I choose my words in a way which suggests hushed cathedral whispers merely because he happens to be dead. His amazing indiscretions when he was alive were an essential part of him and can no more be omitted from his life-story than Cleopatra can be omitted from that of Antony."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim. To get started finding The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 255

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Publisher: Peter Davies

Release: 1957

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Description: E. Phillips Oppenheim was a prolific writer: that, perhaps, is an understatement of a man who had well over a hundred novels published, to say nothing of forty books of collected short stories, as well as many dozens of short stories which were eagerly snapped up by leading magazine editors of the day. During the first forty odd years of this century he provided the ideal "escape" literature of the day and thousands of readers revelled in his various worlds of make-believe: supping at the Milan (Oppenheim name for the Savoy) with some enchanting lady, or standing behind the croupiers at Monte Carlo, or delving into the mysteries at some Foreign embassy. Never remotely "improper": always the superb storyteller.What sort of life did he have? This fabulous inventor of stories of mystery, suspense and romance, who died in 1946 at the age of 80? Who, after early years of struggle as a leather-merchant in Leicester, came to live in extreme comfort in the Monte Carlo playground?Robert Standish has proved himself the ideal teller of Oppenheimer's own story: the story of a dynamic man whose restlessness impelled him to live every day as though it were his last. "I do not intend," writes Standish, "to portray him with a halo, nor equip him with horns and a tail. I will not hesitate when the occasion arises to poke fun at his pretensions and vanities ... nor will I choose my words in a way which suggests hushed cathedral whispers merely because he happens to be dead. His amazing indiscretions when he was alive were an essential part of him and can no more be omitted from his life-story than Cleopatra can be omitted from that of Antony."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim. To get started finding The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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