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A Marble Woman: Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott

par Louisa May Alcott

Autres auteurs: Madeline B. Stern (Directeur de publication)

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Six years before she wrote Little Women, and in financial straits, Louisa May Alcott 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 of the series of blood & thunder tales that would provide her livelihood for years. For as she said, They are easy to 'compoze' & are better paid than moral...works. The gruesome, passionate stories reveal a darker side of Alcott. Published anonymously or under the pseudonym of A. M. Barnard, they appeared in weeklies over a century ago. In their mastery of suspense and psychological drama, and in their embodiment of a startlingly intense - if oblique - feminism, they attest to the multifaceted genius of their creator. Pauline's Passion and Punishment features a woman who is scorned by her lover and left with her fury and her desire for revenge. The male hero of The Mysterious Key must unearth secrets hidden away in a family tomb if he is to realize true love. Mysterious pasts and all-too-present jealousies conflict for some surprising effects on the holiday mood in The Abbot's Ghost. And Behind a Mask tells the chilling story of a woman thwarted by love, whose main motivation becomes her desire to dominate an entire family.… (plus d'informations)
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I love stories that can catch me up in some way and I certainly became enmeshed in Alcott's blood and thunder stories. I'm very glad to have done so. ( )
  lamotamant | Sep 22, 2016 |
Important in terms of understanding Alcott, but ultimately pretty poor dime novel stuff. ( )
  Georges_T._Dodds | Mar 30, 2013 |
Louisa May Alcott is best known for the Little Women books but at one point she was a writer who had to pay the bills. To do that she wrote thrillers with Gothic themes and exotic European settings. In this, the second collection of her unknown works, her stories are reads reminiscent of Poe and Conan Doyle with touches of the supernatural and human frailty. The introduction is the true find of this collection as Madeline Stern writes about how Alcott put her own writing struggles into the role of Jo and reflected some of the stories she wrote for serials and dime novels in Jo's works. A worthwhile read for any lover of Louisa May Alcott who wishes to read another side of her. ( )
  katekf | Sep 7, 2011 |
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Six years before she wrote Little Women, and in financial straits, Louisa May Alcott 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 of the series of blood & thunder tales that would provide her livelihood for years. For as she said, They are easy to 'compoze' & are better paid than moral...works. The gruesome, passionate stories reveal a darker side of Alcott. Published anonymously or under the pseudonym of A. M. Barnard, they appeared in weeklies over a century ago. In their mastery of suspense and psychological drama, and in their embodiment of a startlingly intense - if oblique - feminism, they attest to the multifaceted genius of their creator. Pauline's Passion and Punishment features a woman who is scorned by her lover and left with her fury and her desire for revenge. The male hero of The Mysterious Key must unearth secrets hidden away in a family tomb if he is to realize true love. Mysterious pasts and all-too-present jealousies conflict for some surprising effects on the holiday mood in The Abbot's Ghost. And Behind a Mask tells the chilling story of a woman thwarted by love, whose main motivation becomes her desire to dominate an entire family.

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