The Masquerader (novel)

Not to be confused with The Masqueraders, a novel by Georgette Heyer.

The Masquerader (1904) is a novel by Irish writer Katherine Cecil Thurston published in both the United Kingdom and the United States. (It was titled John Chilcote, M.P. in its British release.)

A leading British politician chooses to swap places with his cousin, a journalist who is his doppelganger. This leads to a dilemma for his wife, who falls in love with the double. It was the third most popular book on the New York Times bestselling list that year, and continued as a bestseller in 1905.^[1]

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted five times for stage and screen:

• A play by American playwright, John Hunter Booth in 1917.
• A silent film titled The Compact produced by American Pathé in 1912.
• A Russian/French silent film titled Chlen parlamenta in 1920.
• A 1922 silent film.
• A 1933 sound film.

References

1. Burt, p. 301

Bibliography

• Burt, Daniel S. The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the Colonial Era to Modern Times. New England Publishing, 2004.

External links

• The Masquerader public domain audiobook at LibriVox