| Behind a Mask: A Short Story Collection Contributor(s): Alcott, Louisa May (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486842908 ISBN-13: 9780486842905 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $7.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: 813.4 |
| LCCN: 2019046760 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.9" W x 8" (0.35 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The author of Little Women and other beloved classics, Louisa May Alcott grew up in a community of New England transcendentalists that included Thoreau and Emerson. Because her learned but impractical father was a poor provider, she supported her family by writing magazine stories that were often published anonymously. This collection reveals the "other" Alcott, featuring "Behind a Mask" and "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," thrilling tales of seduction, betrayal, and murder that strike a markedly different tone and characterization from Alcott's best-known work. Other selections include two pieces from Hospital Sketches, the author's fictionalized accounts of her Civil War nursing experiences; "My Contraband," a tale of vengeance involving a Civil War nurse, her Confederate patient, and his former slave; "Happy Women," concerning four "spinsters" with a positive attitude toward their marital status; and "How I Went Out to Service," an autobiographical sketch of a young woman's pursuit of financial independence. |