Major Ira Warfield - A war veteran, bachelor and owner of the Virginia plantation Hurricane Hall. By the conclusion of the novel, Capitola marries Herbert Greyson. The wealthy Major Warfield adopts her and brings her to his home, Hurricane Hall. At the start of the novel, she is living on the streets of New York, working as a newsboy. Characters ġ884 poster for a stage production of The Hidden HandĬapitola Black - The protagonist of the novel and an orphan whose origins are unknown. It was also adapted into a play numerous times, and performed in venues across the United States and in London. A sequel was released called Capitola's Peril.
The book reportedly sold nearly two million copies. Some characters retain their original names, including the villain Black Donald, while others are shifted to Irish and Scottish associations.
The Masked Mother takes place in the "hilly districts of North Wales" instead of Virginia, the protagonist is discovered in Dublin rather than New York, and the war segment of the novel is also shifted from Mexico to Crimea. In the London version of the novel published by the Guide, the characters and action were revised and relocated. Southworth stated that nearly every adventure of her heroine came from real life. The Hidden Hand features Capitola Black, a tomboyish protagonist who finds herself in a myriad of adventures. The name of the novel was changed to The Masked Mother for the London edition. The novel was also serialized in the London Guide to Literature, Science, Art, and General Information simultaneous to its first publication in the New York Ledger. It was serialized twice more, first in 1868–69 and then again 1883 (in slightly revised form), before first appearing in book form in 1888.
Southworth first published in the New York Ledger in 1859, and was Southworth's most popular novel. The Hidden Hand (or Capitola the Madcap) is a serial novel by E.
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