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Informationen zum Autor Louisa May Alcott Klappentext Although the publication of Little Women in 1868 earned Louisa May Alcott tremendous popularity, for a long time she was thought of as a writer of children's stories and considered—at best—a minor figure in the American literary canon. Now, at the end of the twentieth century, Alcott's vast body of work is being celebrated alongside the greatest American writers, and this collection shows why. The Portable Louisa May Alcott samples the entire spectrum of Alcott's work: her novels, novellas, children's stories, sensationalist fiction, gothic tales, essays, letters, and journals. Presenting her more daring works, such as Moods and Behind a Mask (both reprinted in their entirety), alongside the familiar heroines of Little Women, this singular collection offers readers a rich and wide-ranging portrait of this talented, prolific, and influential writer. Zusammenfassung Although the publication of Little Women in 1868 earned Louisa May Alcott tremendous popularity! for a long time she was thought of as a writer of children's stories and considered—at best—a minor figure in the American literary canon. Now! at the end of the twentieth century! Alcott's vast body of work is being celebrated alongside the greatest American writers! and this collection shows why. The Portable Louisa May Alcott samples the entire spectrum of Alcott's work: her novels! novellas! children's stories! sensationalist fiction! gothic tales! essays! letters! and journals. Presenting her more daring works! such as Moods and Behind a Mask (both reprinted in their entirety)! alongside the familiar heroines of Little Women ! this singular collection offers readers a rich and wide-ranging portrait of this talented! prolific! and influential writer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chronology I. Short Fiction My Contraband A Whisper in the Dark Thrice Tempted La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman Psyche's Art My Mysterious Mademoiselle Cupid and Chow-chow Queen Aster II. Novels and Novellas Moods Behind a Mask; or, A Woman's Power From Little Women , part 2: Literary Lessons Friend From Work: A Story of Experience : At Forty From A Modern Mephistopheles Chapters XII, XIII, and XV From Jo's Boys Plays at Plumfield Among the Maids III. Memoirs, Journals, and Letters Transcendental Wild Oats Journals: Fruitlands (1843) Concord (1845-47) Boston (1850-57) Concord (1858-62) Georgetown (1862-63) Moods (1864-65) Little Women (1868-69) Emerson's Death (1882) Letters: To Abigail May Alcott, December 25, 1854 To Amos Bronson Alcott, November 29, 1856 To Anna Alcott Pratt, date uncertain To Annie Maria Lawrence, February 3, 1865 To Moncure Daniel Conway, February 18, 1865 To Mr. Ayer, March 19, 1865 To the Lukens Sisters, September 4 [1873] To Lucy Stone, October 1, 1873 To Maria S. Porter [1874] To Lucy Stone, June 29 [1876] To John Preston True, October 24 [1878] To Thomas Niles, February 12, 1881 To Thomas Niles, February 19, 1881 To William Warland Clapp, Jr., March 6, 1883 To Maggie Lukens, January 14 [1884] To Maggie Lukens, February 5 [1884] To Maggie Lukens, February 14 [1884] To the Woman's Journal , May 8, 1884 To Lucy Stone, August 31 [1885] To Thomas Niles, [June?] 1886 Notes to the Letters Selected Bibliography ...
