Reading The Black Mask | Alexandria
Read The Black Mask by E. W. Hornung. Donning deception as a disguise, "The Black Mask-E.W. Hornung" explores how a single moment of concealment can irreversibly alter identity. Created by Raffles the gentleman-thief's creator, this tale flips morality by suggesting masks reveal more truth than faces. Its central twist - that authentic self-discovery requires artifice - resonates in our era of curated personas.