Behind A Mask / The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott (SIGNED BY DISCOVERER MADELEINE STERN)

Alcott, Louisa May / With an Introduction by Madeleine Stern (who signs)

ISBN 10: 0688003389 / ISBN 13: 9780688003388

Edité par William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1975

A propos de cet article

Number line complete 1 2 3 4 5 -- the first printing. Signed "Madeleine B. Stern" (name only) in blue ballpoint to the beige FFE. (NOT signed by Louisa May Alcott, who died 1888.) In her 22-page Introduction, bookseller / bibliographer Stern explains how -- by researching the hand-written correspondence between Alcott and her publishers (two of which letters are reproduced here in facsimile) -- she uncovered the pen names (usually "A.M. Barnard") under which the author of "Little Women" wrote several previously unacknowledged "gaudy and gruesome" Gothic thrillers for magazine syndication during the 1860s. Four of the tales (running from about 50 to 100 pp.) are reprinted here for the first time in more than a century. Includes "Pauline's Passion and Punishment." 277 pp. Reduced from $130.

N° de réf. du vendeur 008145

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Behind A Mask / The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott (SIGNED BY DISCOVERER MADELEINE STERN)
• Éditeur: William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York
• Date de parution: 1975
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0688003389
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780688003388
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Signed fiction
  • Women's Interest
  • Books About Books

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is the author of the beloved Little Women, which was based on her own experiences growing up in New England with her parents and three sisters. More than a century after her death, Louisa May Alcott's stories continue to delight readers of all ages.