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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486842908

ISBN-139780486842905

eBay Product ID (ePID)4038697652

Product Key Features

Book TitleBehind a Mask : a Short Story Collection

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicShort Stories (Single Author)

GenreFiction

AuthorLouisa ALCOTT

Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Short Stories Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight5.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2019-046760

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813/.4

Table Of ContentContents From Hospital Sketches (1863) I. Obtaining Supplies IV. A Night My Contraband (1863) Pauline's Passion and Punishment (published anonymously; 1863) Behind a Mask (writing as A. M. Barnard; 1866) Happy Women (1868) How I Went Out to Service (1874)

SynopsisMarkedly different from Little Women , this collection reveals the "other" Alcott with thrilling yarns of seduction, betrayal, and murder, plus fictionalized accounts of the author's experiences as a Civil War nurse., 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberPS1016.K67 2020