Behind a Mask

Louisa May Alcott

Littérature Romance

Publié par Books on Demand, le 24 octobre 2022

158 pages

Résumé

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.