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Readers who love romantic mysteries, letters and disguises, sunlit travel through Naples, Venice and Florence, and cheerful friendships will feel at home here. It suits anyone who enjoys a love story that grows from a single song.
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A bareheaded man runs into a New York fog at one in the morning, chasing a song. That is how The Lure of the Mask begins. A soprano voice drifts under the window of John Hillard, a rich bachelor who dreams of the Italy where he was born, and then it vanishes before he sees a face.
Harold MacGrath wrote this romance of mystery and travel, and it moves like a good adventure. It carries you from a New York club to a blindfolded dinner, then across the sea to Naples, Venice, Monte Carlo and the hills above Florence. You meet a spendthrift friend, a loyal servant with a dark purpose, a stranded troupe of singers, and an officer with a scar.
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- 1A voice in the fog wakes a bachelorFree
- 2Letters build a romance without a face
- 3A blindfolded dinner and a masked hostess
- 4An empty house and a mask by post
- 5In Naples, a friend's wink and a warning
- 6Monte Carlo brings luck, cigars and a chase
- 7Venice, a gondola race and an unveiled face
- 8A borrowed villa and an invitation to a ball
- 9Love, imagination and the barrier between them
- 10How the story is told and what it carries
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A voice in the fog wakes a bachelor
The story opens on a damp January night in New York. John Hillard, aged thirty-three, sits at his dark window dreaming of red roofs and cypresses in Italy. Then a rich soprano voice rises out of the mist. Hillard leans out and cries a single syllable, and the song breaks off.
He runs into the street without his hat, but the singer dissolves into the fog. A policeman tells him about a jewel thief they call Lady Lightfinger. Hillard never saw the singer's face, yet she stays in his mind. Back indoors, he admits that he is lonely.
That night Hillard does something rash. He writes a notice asking the lady who sang to contact the gentleman at the window, and he gives his club as the address. By morning he is half ashamed, but a toss of a coin lets it stand.
One small sound can wake a life that has been standing still.
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- LengthAbout 81,200 words
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Questions about El atractivo de la máscara
What is The Lure of the Mask about?
It follows John Hillard, a rich New Yorker who hears a woman singing in the fog and then trades letters with her. He arrives blindfolded to dine with her, and she wears a mask. He follows her across Italy and France.
Who is the woman in the mask?
She is a gifted singer who hides her identity behind a mask, a veil and a stage name, La Signorina Capricciosa. Her true name and past are part of the mystery the story slowly draws out.
Where is The Lure of the Mask set?
It begins in New York and then moves to Naples, Sorrento, Capri, Monte Carlo, Venice and Florence, with a last chapter on Lake Como. The travel scenes give the novel much of its charm.
Is The Lure of the Mask a true story?
No, it is a work of fiction by Harold MacGrath, set in the early years of the twentieth century. The places, such as Venice, Naples and Monte Carlo, are real and are described in rich detail.
Is The Lure of the Mask easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that it moves in short chapters with lively dialogue, plain English and plenty of humor. The friendship of Hillard and Merrihew and the mystery keep each scene easy to follow.
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MacGrath, Harold. The Lure of the Mask. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-lure-of-the-mask.
MacGrath, H. (2026). The lure of the mask. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-lure-of-the-mask (Original work published 1908)
MacGrath, Harold. The Lure of the Mask. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-lure-of-the-mask.
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