E. Phillips Oppenheim

Edward Phillips Oppenheim ( born October 22, 1866 in London, † February 3, 1946 in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey ) was an English writer.

Life

Oppenheim was the son of a merchant, his son wished his successor. To this end, Oppenheim felt completely inappropriate and has been throughout his school years freelance contributor to various regional newspapers. Already at the age of 21 he was extremely successful debut in 1887 with his novel Expiation.

Reception

Oppenheim was the first writer of Rogue Male thriller, which then later - were continued by the likes of John Buchan and Geoffrey Household - also successful. His literary work includes over 150 novels and spans a range of detective and spy novels, comedies, satires, parables to develop novels. His best-known novel, The great impersonation was filmed three times.

Oppenheim is one of the first authors of espionage novels. In addition to his own name Oppenheim published under several pseudonyms, including Anthony Partridge. He called himself like Prince of Storytellers and with this designation, he also appeared on 12 September 1927 on the cover of Time Magazine.

Works (selection)

  • Expiation. A novel of England and our Canadian Dominion. Ward Lock, London 1913 ( Nachdr d ed London 1886).
  • Light Beyond. 1928.
  • Stolen idols. In 1925.
  • The wrath to come. In 1924.
  • The Court of St. Simon. In 1912.
  • The distributors. , 1909.
  • False evidence. In 1896.
  • Golden web. , 1909.
  • Kingdom of earth. 1909
  • The mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown. In 1896.
  • Passers by. , 1910.
  • The wooing of fortune. In 1896.
  • The world's greatest snare. In 1896.

Films

  • George Melford (director): The great impersonation. USA 1921.
  • Alan Crosland (director): The great impersonation. USA 1935.
  • John Rawling (director): The great impersonation. USA 1942.
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