The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton

The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton is a novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim that follows the life of a man who leads two separate lives, one as a respectable businessman and the other as a criminal mastermind. The story explores themes of identity, morality, and the consequences of living a double life.

By E. Phillips Oppenheim · First published 1920 · Genre: Mystery, Adventure, Romance · 30 chapters

Contents

• THE FRUIT OF THE TREE
• A TRANSFORMATION
• MR. ALFRED BURTON'S FAMILY
• A SHOCK TO MR. WADDINGTON
• BURTON'S NEW LIFE
• A MEETING WITH ELLEN
• THE TRUTHFUL AUCTIONEER
• HESITATION
• THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
• NO RECONCILIATION
• THE GATE INTO PARADISE
• A BOLT FROM THE BLUE
• PROOF POSITIVE
• THE LEGEND OF THE PERFECT FOOD
• THE PROFESSOR INSISTS
• ENTER MR. BOMFORD!
• BURTON DECLINES
• THE END OF A DREAM
• A BAD HALF-HOUR
• ANOTHER COMPLICATION
• AN AMAZING TRANSFORMATION
• DOUBTS
• CONDEMNED!
• MENATOGEN, THE MIND FOOD
• DISCONTENT
• THE END OF A WONDERFUL WORLD
• MR. WADDINGTON ALSO
• THE REAL ALFRED BURTON
• RICHES AND REPENTANCE
• A MAN'S SOUL

More by E. Phillips Oppenheim

• Envoy Extraordinary (1937)
• The Postmaster of Market Deignton (1892)
• The Cafe of Terror (1920)
• The Bird of Paradise (1936)
• The Man and His Kingdom (1906)
• The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent (1934)
• The Great Impersonation (1920)
• As a Man Lives (1908)
• All works by E. Phillips Oppenheim