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{{Short description|1904 novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston}}
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'''''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.<ref>Burt, p. 301</ref>

==Adaptations==
*In 1917 the novel was adapted as a play ''[[The Masquerader (play)|The Masquerader]]'' by  American playwright[[John Hunter Booth]]. 

*It was filmed four times:
-As a [[silent film]] entitled ''The Compact'' (1912) and produced 
by [[Pathé Frères|American Pathé]].
-As a Russian/French co-production, a silent film entitled ''Chlen parlamenta'' (1920).

The play and novel were the basis for both the 1922 silent film ''[[The Masquerader (1922 film)|The Masquerader]]'' and the 1933 sound film ''[[The Masquerader (1933 film)|The Masquerader]]'', which were produced in the United States.

==References==
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==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==
* {{librivox book | title=The Masquerader | author=Katherine Cecil THURSTON}}

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[[Category:Novels set in England]]


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