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Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers Of Louisa May Alcott
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Product Description
Six years before she wrote Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, in financial straits, entered "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," a novelette, in a newspaper contest. Not only did it win the $100 prize, but, published anonymously, it marked the first in the series of "blood & thunder tales" that would be her livelihood for years.
In Behind a Mask, editor Madeleine Stern introduces four Alcott thrillers: "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," "The Mysterious Key," "The Abbot's Ghost," and the title story, "Behind a Mask." First published in one volume in 1975, they are regarded as Alcott's finest work in this genre.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #300221 in Books
- Published on: 1997-02-14
- Released on: 1997-02-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Scientific American
Behind a Mask is by far the better way to become acquainted with Alcott's racier side.
From The New Yorker
Significantly deepens our understanding of one of the most tragically bright figures in American literature.
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. . . a brilliant and mordantly funny take on a woman's ability to twist men around the ends of her delicate fingers. -- The New York Times Book Review, Stephen King
[Alcott's] casts include powerful, magnetic, and very naughty women, whose carryings-on would have shocked Marmee. -- The New Yorker
[Alcott's] thrillers are spirited and skillful. -- Newsweek
