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Behind a mask : the unknown thrillers of Louisa May Alcott  Cover Image Book Book

Behind a mask : the unknown thrillers of Louisa May Alcott / edited and with an introduction by Madeleine Stern.

Summary:

"Contains an introduction by M.B. Stern and four stories by L.M. Alcott: Behind a mask; or, A woman's power, The abbot's ghost; or Maurice Treherne's temptation, Pauline's passion and punishment, and The mysterious key and what it opened. The first two of these were published under the pseud. of A.M. Bernard."

Record details

  • ISBN: 0688003389
  • ISBN: 9780688003388
  • ISBN: 9780688033705
  • ISBN: 0688033709
  • Physical Description: xxxiii, 277 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow & Company, 1975.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Contains an introduction. by M.B. Stern and four stories by L.M. Alcott: Behind a mask; or, A woman's power, The abbot's ghost; or, Maurice Treherne's temptation, Pauline's passion and punishment, and The mysterious key and what it opened. The first two of these were published under the pseud. of A.M. Barnard.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Behind a mask; or, A woman's power -- Pauline's passion and punishment -- The mysterious key and what it opened -- The abbot's ghost; or, Maurice Treherne's temptation.
Subject: Detective and mystery stories, American.
Women > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Feminism > Fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Feminism.
Man-woman relationships.
Sex role.
Women > Social life and customs.
Genre: Romance fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Romance fiction.
Domestic fiction.


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