Mask, The

By Irwin, Florence

Book Id: WPLBN0002954138
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File Size: 250.62 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Mask, The
Author:	Irwin, Florence
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Romance
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Mask, The
Historic Publication Date:	1917
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Irwin, B. F. (1917). Mask, The. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
The mask is the one which we all wear, even though unconsciously, to hide our thoughts and feelings. Alison Terry wore one, though she had never realized it until she faced a crisis in her life. Alison, a girl of sympathetic mood and action whose keen intelligence is overbalanced by the inexperience of innocence and a sheltered upbringing, goes to New York with her erratic husband, Phil Howland. She passes through various stages of disillusionment inevitably resulting from cheap boarding-house life, association with the undesirable friends of her husband, and the discovery that Phil himself is selfish and lacking in ambition, a man whose chief interests seem to lie in restaurant-life and gambling. Then comes tragedy in the loss of their little child in a horrible accident for which Phil is responsible. The splendid strength with which Alison forces him to forgive himself and the subsequent loneliness and suffering, lead to the establishment of a mutual bond of sympathy, understanding and encouragement which starts them on the road to their ultimate happiness. Miss Irwin has written a story that rings true, and its publishers recommend The Mask with unusual confidence. (Summary from 1917 dust-jacket blurb)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Romance