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The Mask

by Florence Irwin (1869-19??)

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. (Summary from 1917 dust-jacket)

Total running time: 8:41:53
Read by Grant Hurlock

Cover design: Kathryn Delaney
Cover art: Paul Stahr, book frontispiece

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