Project Gutenberg 2005-09-16 Public domain in the USA. 54 Dowson, Ernest Christopher 1867 1900 Moore, Arthur 1866 1952 A Comedy of Masks: A Novel Digitized by Robert Bamford. Further proofreading and formatting by Andrew Sly "A Comedy of Masks: A Novel" by Ernest Dowson and Arthur Moore is a literary work written in the late 19th century. This novel appears to explore the intricate dynamics of life and love in a transitional period within London's art and social scenes, particularly focusing on artistic aspiration and societal relationships. The narrative unfolds through characters like Richard Lightmark, a young artist grappling with his identity and relationships, and Philip Rainham, a dockyard owner dealing with the decline of his family's business. The opening portion sets a vivid scene in and around Blackpool Dock, presenting the contrasting lives of artists and the dock's fading grandeur. Richard Lightmark is introduced as an emerging painter who has taken up residence at Rainham's dock to capture the melancholic beauty of the Thames. He is depicted as confident yet contemplative about his work, suggesting a striving for originality amid the pressure of societal expectations. The dialogue reveals Lightmark's personality as he interacts with others, including his friend Bullen and the enigmatic Rainham, hinting at deeper themes of ambition, friendship, and the search for authenticity in art. The atmosphere oscillates between warm camaraderie and an underlying sense of decay, setting the stage for the complexities that are likely to unfold in the characters' lives as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 610393 610265 2024-09-07T10:49:39.013175 2023-09-07T12:05:34.888615 text/html text/html 610386 610258 2024-09-07T10:49:39.262182 2023-09-07T12:05:35.062620 text/html text/html 294556 2024-09-07T10:49:47.169143 application/epub+zip 303871 2024-09-07T10:49:40.842190 application/epub+zip 303871 2024-09-07T10:49:39.906172 application/epub+zip 523027 2024-09-07T10:49:51.982158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 494394 2024-09-07T10:49:46.493149 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485268 2022-09-08T07:02:54.990549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 560479 560418 2024-09-07T10:49:38.502193 2023-09-07T12:05:34.521585 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 560163 2020-12-12T13:50:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 218122 2020-12-12T13:50:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 560174 2020-12-12T13:50:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218023 2020-12-12T13:50:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19611 2024-09-07T10:49:52.128096 application/rdf+xml 15551 2024-09-07T10:49:40.254156 image/jpeg 4182 2024-09-07T10:49:40.081158 image/jpeg 294479 2024-09-07T10:49:39.313169 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia