Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott - Softcover

Críticas

"[Alcott's] casts include powerful, magnetic, and very naughty women, whose carryings-on would have shocked Marmee."
"--The New Yorker"

"'Behind a Mask' is by far the better way to become acquainted with Alcott's racier side."
"--The Washington Post Book World"

"Significantly deepens our understanding of one of the most tragically bright figures in American literature."
"--The Christian Science Monitor"

"[Alcott's] thrillers are spirited and skillful."
"--Newsweek"

Reseña del 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 & 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.