Love in a Mask, or Imprudence and Happiness
Author: first_name: Honoré de
last_name: Balzac
Language: English
Year: 1911

<i>Love in a Mask, or Imprudence and Happiness</i>, is an entertaining short novel by Honoré de Balzac, unpublished in his lifetime. Beginning with a flirtatious conversation at a masked ball, Balzac introduces his two main characters, a beautiful wealthy young widow and a gallant cavalry officer, and demonstrates his creative genius with deft plot twists of hidden identity and romantic intrigue.

The translation is by Alice M. Ivimy. --Lee Smalley