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The Lure of the Mask - cover

The Lure of the Mask

Harold MacGrath

Publisher: Caelwick Press

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The Lure of the Mask by Harold MacGrath is presented in a clean English digital edition with active navigation. The book belongs to classics and preserves the character of the source text for sustained ebook reading. The opening pages establish the work's atmosphere with this first movement: THE VOICE IN THE FOG Out of the unromantic night, out of the somber blurring January fog, came a voice lifted in song, a soprano, rich, full and round, young, yet matured, sweet and mysterious as a night-bird's, haunting and elusive as the murmur of the sea in a shell: a lilt from La Fille de Madame Angot, a light oper. Detected sections include: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4. This edition is prepared for a fluent reading experience with clear typography and no extraneous promotional material.
Available since: 06/13/2026.
Print length: 295 pages.

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