
By MRS. GEORGIE SHELDON - AUTHOR OF - "Edrie's Legacy," "Max," "Faithful Shirley," "Marguerites Heritage," "A True Aristocrat," etc.
Copyright 1894, 1895, 1900 - By Street & Smith
THE MASKED BRIDAL.
PROLOGUE.
CHAPTER I. - TWO UNEXPECTED VISITORS.
CHAPTER II. - A STANCH FRIEND MAKES A VAIN APPEAL.
CHAPTER III. - THE YOUNG LAWYER EXPERIENCES TWO EXTRAORDINARY SURPRISES.
CHAPTER IV. - A MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
CHAPTER V. - A MOTHER'S LAST REQUEST.
CHAPTER VI. - A HERITAGE OF SHAME.
A refined young woman, celebrated for her beauty and poise, agrees to play the bride in a lavish masquerade for an eager gathering of society’s elite. The ceremony unfolds beneath solemn music, with every participant’s face concealed, heightening the theatrical suspense. Yet as the clergyman invites anyone to object, the masked bride trembles, her hidden emotions spilling over the carefully rehearsed performance.
Beneath the glittering eyes of a pallid onlooker, the bride’s reluctant grip on the groom’s hand hints at forces far beyond mere stagecraft. Secrets of honor, hidden shame, and a lingering family legacy begin to surface, threatening to turn the playful illusion into a genuine crisis. Listeners are drawn into a world where a simple act of pretending may expose the deepest truths of love, jealousy, and redemption.
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (588K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2009-07-27
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1843–1926
A hugely prolific American popular novelist, she wrote romantic, suspenseful fiction that reached a wide readership under the pen name Mrs. Georgie Sheldon. Her stories helped define the fast-moving, high-feeling style of late 19th-century dime and domestic fiction.
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