*The Giant’s Robe* by F. Anstey is a Victorian drama about ambition, authorship, and the price of a borrowed reputation. Mark Ashburn, an unsuccessful schoolmaster and aspiring novelist, receives a manuscript from his friend Vincent Holroyd before Vincent leaves England. When circumstances tempt Mark to submit the work as his own, its publication under the title *Illusion* brings sudden critical success and opens doors that were previously closed to him.But fame quickly becomes a burden. Mark’s growing relationship with Mabel Langton and his new literary career are threatened by guilt, Holroyd’s unexpected return, and the calculating Harold...
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