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The Kingdom of the Blind
The story unfolds primarily in a high-society setting at the Ritz Hotel, focusing on characters involved in wartime dynamics as they navigate their personal relationships and intrigue amidst the backdrop of World War I. Central to the beginning of the narrative are Lady Anselman and her guests.
"The Kingdom of the Blind" by E. Phillips Oppenheim is a novel. The story unfolds primarily in a high-society setting at the Ritz Hotel, focusing on characters involved in wartime dynamics as they navigate their personal relationships and intrigue amidst the backdrop of World War I. Central to the beginning of the narrative are Lady Anselman and her guests.
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Lady Anselman stood in the centre of the lounge at the Ritz Hotel and with a delicately-poised forefinger counted her guests. There was the great French actress who had every charm but youth, chatting vivaciously with a tall, pale-faced man whose French seemed to be as perfect as his attitude was correct. The popular wife of a great actor was discussing her husband’s latest play with a Cabinet Minister who had the air of a school-boy present at an illicit feast. A very beautiful young woman, tall and fair, with grey-blue eyes and a wealth of golden, almost yellow hair, was talking to a famous musician. A little further in the background, a young man in the uniform of a naval lieutenant was exchanging what seemed to be rather impressive chaff with a petite but exceedingly good-looking girl. Lady Anselman counted them twice, glanced at the clock and frowned.
“I can’t remember whom we are waiting for!” she exclaimed a little helplessly to the remaining guest, a somewhat tired-looking publisher who stood by her side. “I am one short. I dare say it will come to me in a minute. You know every one, I suppose, Mr. Daniell?”
“I have met Lord Romsey and also Madame Selarne,” he observed. “For the rest, I was just thinking what a stranger I felt.”
Contents
- 01Chapter I
- 02Chapter II
- 03Chapter III
- 04Chapter IV
- 05Chapter V
- 06Chapter VI
- 07Chapter VII
- 08Chapter VIII
- 09Chapter IX
- 10Chapter X
- 11Chapter XI
- 12Chapter XII
- 13Chapter XIII
- 14Chapter XIV
- 15Chapter XV
- 16Two More German Submarines Sunk with All Hands
- 17Chapter XVI
- 18Chapter XVII
- 19Chapter XVIII
- 20Chapter XIX
- 21Chapter XX
- 22Chapter XXI
- 23Chapter XXII
- 24Chapter XXIII
- 25Chapter XXIV
- 26Chapter XXV
- 27Chapter XXVI
- 28Chapter XXVII
- 29Chapter XXVIII
- 30Chapter XXIX
- 31“A lady to see you, sir,” Jarvis announced discreetly.
- 32Chapter XXX
- 33Chapter XXXI
- 34Chapter XXXII
- 35Chapter XXXIII
- 36Chapter XXXIV
- 37Chapter XXXV
- 38Chapter XXXVI
About this edition
- Author
- E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 236 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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