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Berenice

E. Phillips Oppenheim

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. . .I might come to you. Well, it is probable, almost certain that I should have come. You have saved yourself from that, at any rate.”

Although the situation was a novel one to him, he was not in the least embarrassed. He was altogether too sincere to be possessed of any self-consciousness. He found himself at last actually in the presence of the woman who, since first he had seen her, months ago, driving in the Park, had been constantly in his thoughts, and he began to wonder with perfect clearness of judgment wherein lay her peculiar fascination! That she was handsome, of her type, went for nothing. The world was full of more [Pg 53]beautiful women whom he saw day by day without the faintest thrill of interest. Besides, her face was too pale and her form too thin for exceptional beauty. There must be something else,—something about her personality which refused to lend itself to any absolute analysis. She was perfectly dressed,—he realized that, . . . Read More

Community Reviews

Edwardian Melodrama with a Theatrical backdrop

Matravers is "an Apostle of Aestheticism" with "fixed views of life, down to even it's most trifling details." "A poet, philosopher, and man of fashion" who has "no intimate friends." He writes for the London papers and reviews. One evening he is taken

It was a good story but with a terrible ending. Some good character development as is often the case with Oppenheim but it almost seems like he started the story without planning an ending and the development of the story made a good ending almost impossible. But, I think that he should have tried h

Pure melodrama, but an intriguing story that makes a few good points. I especially liked that the hero held firm to his principles in the face of overwhelming temptation, and that it was the thought of consequences to others that stopped him. You don't see a lot of upholding of standards in today's