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Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott
Behind a Mask The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott
Author: Louisa May Alcott, Madeleine B. Stern (Editor)
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 and thunder tales" that would be her liv...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780688003388
ISBN-10: 0688003389
Publication Date: 9/1995
Pages: 277
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Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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These are four stories billed as unknown thrillers by the publisher. But, are they really? I found them to be interesting, but rather tame. Apparently she wrote more in the same vein for periodicals, some under a pseudonym, others under her own name. All aside, none are what you might expect from this author. Those selected for this publication run between 50 and 100 pages: Behind a Mask, or A Womans Power, Paulines Passion and Punishment, The Mysterious Key and What It Opened, and The Abbots Ghost, or Maurice Trehernes Temptation.
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