Name: Behind a Mask: A Short Story Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Author: Louisa May Alcott
ISBN: 9780486842905

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Behind a Mask: A Short Story Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Louisa May Alcott

Publisher

Dover Publications

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 12.4 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.16 kg.

ISBN13

9780486842905

Synopsis "Behind a Mask: A Short Story Collection (Dover Thrift Editions) "

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.

Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and after spending some time in Boston, died in Concord, Massachusetts.

The energy and independent spirit she had in her childhood stayed with her throughout her life and led her to take on various jobs to financially support her family. In 1854, she published her first book, Flower Fables, followed by more than thirty novels and story collections. However, her name would always be linked to Little Women, a novel she wrote between May and July 1868 at the request of her publishers.

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