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A Whisper in the Dark: Twelve Thrilling Tales
Last year, literary history was made with the publication of Louisa May Alcott's thriller,A Long Fatal Love Chase. This "new" novel--denied publication in her lifetime--went on to be a national best-seller, and marked Alcott's major debut as a writer of adult fiction, complementing her already secure position as author of timeless children's classics. But this newly discovered novel was by no means Alcott's first or only attempt at sensational writing; she was a prolific writer who produced many other "blood & thunder" stories, many written and published under a pseudonym or anonymously.This collection represents the best of Alcott's adult oeuvre, starting with A Modern Mephistopheles, a dark Faustian tale inspired by A Long Fatal Love Chase. The stories in this volume display dramatic intensity and thrilling, suspenseful plots that show Alcott to be a complex and passionate writer. Readers will discover within this maelstrom of murder, deceit, obsessive desire, treachery, duplicity, and betrayal that love and honor can still conquer all.
The book takes its title from the tale "A Whisper in the Dark," arguably Alcott's high-gothic masterpiece, a story of imperiled innocence. Also featured "The Abbot's Ghost," one of Alcott's few thrillers that employs the supernatural; "Perilous Play," a sensationalist story in which she suggests that with the appropriate stimulation--in this case hashish--even the innocent reveal a dark side; and V.V.; or Plots and Counterplots, fraught with passion and jealousy that introduces the mysterious Virginie Varens, the darkest heroine in all of her work.
Throughout, Alcott's treatment of such adult themes as sexual conflict, treachery and deception, drugs and suicide results in a gripping voyage of discovery for the modern reader. As novelist Susie Mee points out in her introduction, "[Alcott] also knew that one has to explore what lies beyond that threshold. As a result, she spread her cobweb wide and caught many strange and wondrous creatures in it, some of whom are contained within these pages."
The book takes its title from the tale "A Whisper in the Dark," arguably Alcott's high-gothic masterpiece, a story of imperiled innocence. Also featured "The Abbot's Ghost," one of Alcott's few thrillers that employs the supernatural; "Perilous Play," a sensationalist story in which she suggests that with the appropriate stimulation--in this case hashish--even the innocent reveal a dark side; and V.V.; or Plots and Counterplots, fraught with passion and jealousy that introduces the mysterious Virginie Varens, the darkest heroine in all of her work.
Throughout, Alcott's treatment of such adult themes as sexual conflict, treachery and deception, drugs and suicide results in a gripping voyage of discovery for the modern reader. As novelist Susie Mee points out in her introduction, "[Alcott] also knew that one has to explore what lies beyond that threshold. As a result, she spread her cobweb wide and caught many strange and wondrous creatures in it, some of whom are contained within these pages."
498 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Louisa May Alcott
4,089 books10.6k followersLouisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used pen names such as A.M. Barnard, under which she wrote lurid short stories and sensation novels for adults that focused on passion and revenge.
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted for stage plays, films, and television many times.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She also spent her life active in reform movements such as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke in Boston on March 6, 1888, just two days after her father's death.
Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used pen names such as A.M. Barnard, under which she wrote lurid short stories and sensation novels for adults that focused on passion and revenge.
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted for stage plays, films, and television many times.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She also spent her life active in reform movements such as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke in Boston on March 6, 1888, just two days after her father's death.
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October 24, 2015
Feels perilously like we're peaking inside Jo's portfolio of "blood and thunder" stories...the ones she's always submitting to magazines. Love.
December 3, 2023
Alcott, you lowkey gothic icon.
November 25, 2024
12 thrilling tales is exactly what you get and I enjoyed reading them all.
One or two may have mystified me a bit but overall, I really liked this collection of short stories.
One or two may have mystified me a bit but overall, I really liked this collection of short stories.
July 15, 2025
I've loved Louisa May Alcott's work since I was quite young. I found her, as many young girls do, through Little Women. I read the whole kit and kaboodle back then as well as a biography of her called Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women. So I already knew that she had written some other kinds of stories--thrillers and the like. But I hadn't actually read any of them up till now.
These were wonderful. I listened to the audbiobook which had multiple narrators. The collection includes:
- "A Whisper in Dark" a wonderful bit of Gothic delight, that truly horrified me
-"The Mysterious Key and What it Opened" which was delightfully convoluted
-"The Abbot's Ghost; or, Maurice Treherne's Tempation: A Christmas Story" as moralistic as Little Women, but much much darker
-"La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman" a well executed commentary on the assumptions made about women
-"Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse" a fun take on Shakespeare's Tempest
- "The Skeleton in the Closet" in which two people have the worst best friends ever, but manage to find happiness anyway.
I'm going to seek out any more of these stories I can find now, because Alcott was good at this. You can feel her joy in writing them and know that these were a very different creation for her than the Little Women series.
These were wonderful. I listened to the audbiobook which had multiple narrators. The collection includes:
- "A Whisper in Dark" a wonderful bit of Gothic delight, that truly horrified me
-"The Mysterious Key and What it Opened" which was delightfully convoluted
-"The Abbot's Ghost; or, Maurice Treherne's Tempation: A Christmas Story" as moralistic as Little Women, but much much darker
-"La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman" a well executed commentary on the assumptions made about women
-"Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse" a fun take on Shakespeare's Tempest
- "The Skeleton in the Closet" in which two people have the worst best friends ever, but manage to find happiness anyway.
I'm going to seek out any more of these stories I can find now, because Alcott was good at this. You can feel her joy in writing them and know that these were a very different creation for her than the Little Women series.
October 28, 2016
Having previously read and reviewed four of the “Twelve Thrilling Tales”, I just read the eight from this collection that were new to me.
“Modern Magic” proved interesting at times, but also boring in places. I like the concept more than the creation. 2 stars.
“Only an Actress!” felt more like a drama than a thriller, though one must bear in mind the different standards when comparing “today” with the 1850s. Overall I found this tale too depressing for my tastes. Would’ve rated this 2 stars, but as it was well-plotted with good characterisation, I feel it deserves 3 stars.
“Actress and Woman” is a fast-paced little tale set in France. Great dialogue and characterisation features throughout the text. 4 stars.
“Ariel” begins and continues in an upbeat tone, though abruptly turns into melancholy and despair about two-thirds of the way through.
This tale shows the author’s skill at building suspense, as there’s an element of mystery about the title character right from her first appearance. Ariel is an engaging and endearing young woman. In fact, all the main characters are appealing in one way or another.
I won’t give the ending away but it, and the build-up towards it, is amongst Ms Alcott’s finest in my view. This talented author manages to convey different emotional responses from the reader – this one, at least – towards the fate of the five main characters. This is my second favourite story in this collection – 5 stars.
“Whisper in the Dark” starts off at a moderate pace, proving quite interesting as a 17-year-old orphan girl is sent to live with her uncle and cousin Guy, the latter of which she is expected to marry.
Cousins marrying is a theme I’m accustomed to in the nineteenth-century novel, having read my fair share of them, yet I still find it hard to understand why it was so popular and deemed so natural for such a long period. It creeps me out a little.
Anyway, the story comes to life following a misunderstanding, leading the heroine into a nightmare scenario. Can’t say much more on this without spoiling what happens, but will state that the tale goes from mildly interesting to highly absorbing.
Ms Alcott’s talents shine in the latter part of this tale. Pity that this had to be a short story, as there’s scope for it to be an engrossing novel. Because of the shortness the issues are resolved too quickly. The author could certainly have squeezed more out of it had this been a novel or even a novella. Had it been I would’ve surely rated it 5 stars, but with matters being put right so quickly, plus the plodding-to-middle-paced first section, I’ll award this 4 stars.
“Plots & Counterplots” strikes me as the most ambitious of the twelve thrillers presented in this collection. At times I confess to being a little lost with it. Overall it was an engaging read, well-written as one would expect, with convincing characters. The ending was very good, even if I did guess what the female lead would do.
Ambiguity is rife in “Enigmas” yet I wasn’t especially surprised with two or three of the “revelations” that occur. A man is paid to spy on a writer but is not told why. The first-person narrator relates most of the events in journal form, though thankfully it doesn’t read like a stuffy epistolary story. Didn’t find the ending a satisfying one, nor do I rate this as one of Ms Alcott’s finest pieces, yet still feel it warrants 3 stars.
“A Look and a Laugh” is somewhat different to all the other tales in this collection. It reads more like classic detective fiction than a thriller. I was a little bemused by the ending, as – without giving anything away – it gave me an “Is that it?” response.
However, as the brief editorial intro points out, the reader should be left thinking whether the conclusions are as black and white as they seem. With this in mind, I viewed it from another angle, resulting in me raising my opinion of this tale. Once again, Ms Alcott proves her worth as a great writer, and 3 stars seems more fitting than the 2 I was originally going to rate this story.
As I’ve already reviewed the stories I’ve previously read I’ll briefly say that I rate both “Perilous Play” and “Love and Self-Love” 4 stars, “A Modern Mephistopheles” 2 stars, and “The Abbot’s Ghost” 5 stars. The latter tale is my favourite work to date by this author – and the first, it being what persuaded me to read more.
“Modern Magic” proved interesting at times, but also boring in places. I like the concept more than the creation. 2 stars.
“Only an Actress!” felt more like a drama than a thriller, though one must bear in mind the different standards when comparing “today” with the 1850s. Overall I found this tale too depressing for my tastes. Would’ve rated this 2 stars, but as it was well-plotted with good characterisation, I feel it deserves 3 stars.
“Actress and Woman” is a fast-paced little tale set in France. Great dialogue and characterisation features throughout the text. 4 stars.
“Ariel” begins and continues in an upbeat tone, though abruptly turns into melancholy and despair about two-thirds of the way through.
This tale shows the author’s skill at building suspense, as there’s an element of mystery about the title character right from her first appearance. Ariel is an engaging and endearing young woman. In fact, all the main characters are appealing in one way or another.
I won’t give the ending away but it, and the build-up towards it, is amongst Ms Alcott’s finest in my view. This talented author manages to convey different emotional responses from the reader – this one, at least – towards the fate of the five main characters. This is my second favourite story in this collection – 5 stars.
“Whisper in the Dark” starts off at a moderate pace, proving quite interesting as a 17-year-old orphan girl is sent to live with her uncle and cousin Guy, the latter of which she is expected to marry.
Cousins marrying is a theme I’m accustomed to in the nineteenth-century novel, having read my fair share of them, yet I still find it hard to understand why it was so popular and deemed so natural for such a long period. It creeps me out a little.
Anyway, the story comes to life following a misunderstanding, leading the heroine into a nightmare scenario. Can’t say much more on this without spoiling what happens, but will state that the tale goes from mildly interesting to highly absorbing.
Ms Alcott’s talents shine in the latter part of this tale. Pity that this had to be a short story, as there’s scope for it to be an engrossing novel. Because of the shortness the issues are resolved too quickly. The author could certainly have squeezed more out of it had this been a novel or even a novella. Had it been I would’ve surely rated it 5 stars, but with matters being put right so quickly, plus the plodding-to-middle-paced first section, I’ll award this 4 stars.
“Plots & Counterplots” strikes me as the most ambitious of the twelve thrillers presented in this collection. At times I confess to being a little lost with it. Overall it was an engaging read, well-written as one would expect, with convincing characters. The ending was very good, even if I did guess what the female lead would do.
Ambiguity is rife in “Enigmas” yet I wasn’t especially surprised with two or three of the “revelations” that occur. A man is paid to spy on a writer but is not told why. The first-person narrator relates most of the events in journal form, though thankfully it doesn’t read like a stuffy epistolary story. Didn’t find the ending a satisfying one, nor do I rate this as one of Ms Alcott’s finest pieces, yet still feel it warrants 3 stars.
“A Look and a Laugh” is somewhat different to all the other tales in this collection. It reads more like classic detective fiction than a thriller. I was a little bemused by the ending, as – without giving anything away – it gave me an “Is that it?” response.
However, as the brief editorial intro points out, the reader should be left thinking whether the conclusions are as black and white as they seem. With this in mind, I viewed it from another angle, resulting in me raising my opinion of this tale. Once again, Ms Alcott proves her worth as a great writer, and 3 stars seems more fitting than the 2 I was originally going to rate this story.
As I’ve already reviewed the stories I’ve previously read I’ll briefly say that I rate both “Perilous Play” and “Love and Self-Love” 4 stars, “A Modern Mephistopheles” 2 stars, and “The Abbot’s Ghost” 5 stars. The latter tale is my favourite work to date by this author – and the first, it being what persuaded me to read more.
April 29, 2018
A Whisper in the Dark is twelve short stories (two are novellas) by Louisa May Alcott. They contrast strongly with her famous Little Women stories--maybe they are the sensational stories Jo wrote to make money. At first I didn't think I would finish all the stories, but eventually I found some that were better and did complete the twelve. All, however, have innocent virginal women contrasted with rakes. In order of the table of contents:
A Modern Mephistopheles: Supposedly follows Faust, who is often mentioned. Helwyze is an acceptable modern human Mephistopheles; Gladys makes an innocent Margaret; but Felix as Faust is a very poor substitute. Faust wanted knowledge; Felix only the appearance of it.
Marion Earle: Boring story of an actress
La Jeune: Another actress, better plot, or maybe I should say at least there is a plot.
A Pair of Eyes: Horrid story of nasty marriage where each is trying to dominate the other.
The Abbot's Ghost: Fairly interesting tale set at Christmas where a group of friends encounter the family ghost in the home they are being entertained at. The mystery is solved enough for the couples to go on, but some of the mystery remains.
Perilous Play: Interesting in the casual use of hashish (this occurs in several other of the stories as well) as a means of entertainment. The "villain" is under its influence, rather than being evil in and of himself.
Love and Self-Love: Man thinks he is hurting woman who in fact love him.
Ariel: Obviously based on The Tempest. Southesk visits a lighthouse where the lovely Ariel lives with her father who craves solitude and a hunchback Stern, a real-life Caliban. Helen tries to gain Southesk's love, but this Ariel comes out the winner.
A Whisper in the Dark: The best in the book and the winner of the title. Sybil is guided by her "uncle" to marry his son, but being naïve and giddy, her flirtation turns sour and she is locked up in a tower and treated as insane. Guy eventually rescues her, but how he happened to find her at the right moment is a bit obscure.
V. V. or Plots and Counterplots: Finally a nasty woman, and in this case truly nasty. The story is complex and interesting.
Enigmas: The male narrator is hired by one person to be hired by another and then to tell him what happens in the second place. But the second place is truly not what it seems, and so the narrator, who thinks he is not doing wrong in revealing what he see, could in fact harm the people he works for, so he loses all. Clever story.
A Laugh and A Look: Very short story with probably more of an enigma for the reader than the previous one.
No, I don't need any more stories, but keeping in mind the era in which the stories were written, many of them are not bad--and actually fairly entertaining. (Even if some aren't).
A Modern Mephistopheles: Supposedly follows Faust, who is often mentioned. Helwyze is an acceptable modern human Mephistopheles; Gladys makes an innocent Margaret; but Felix as Faust is a very poor substitute. Faust wanted knowledge; Felix only the appearance of it.
Marion Earle: Boring story of an actress
La Jeune: Another actress, better plot, or maybe I should say at least there is a plot.
A Pair of Eyes: Horrid story of nasty marriage where each is trying to dominate the other.
The Abbot's Ghost: Fairly interesting tale set at Christmas where a group of friends encounter the family ghost in the home they are being entertained at. The mystery is solved enough for the couples to go on, but some of the mystery remains.
Perilous Play: Interesting in the casual use of hashish (this occurs in several other of the stories as well) as a means of entertainment. The "villain" is under its influence, rather than being evil in and of himself.
Love and Self-Love: Man thinks he is hurting woman who in fact love him.
Ariel: Obviously based on The Tempest. Southesk visits a lighthouse where the lovely Ariel lives with her father who craves solitude and a hunchback Stern, a real-life Caliban. Helen tries to gain Southesk's love, but this Ariel comes out the winner.
A Whisper in the Dark: The best in the book and the winner of the title. Sybil is guided by her "uncle" to marry his son, but being naïve and giddy, her flirtation turns sour and she is locked up in a tower and treated as insane. Guy eventually rescues her, but how he happened to find her at the right moment is a bit obscure.
V. V. or Plots and Counterplots: Finally a nasty woman, and in this case truly nasty. The story is complex and interesting.
Enigmas: The male narrator is hired by one person to be hired by another and then to tell him what happens in the second place. But the second place is truly not what it seems, and so the narrator, who thinks he is not doing wrong in revealing what he see, could in fact harm the people he works for, so he loses all. Clever story.
A Laugh and A Look: Very short story with probably more of an enigma for the reader than the previous one.
No, I don't need any more stories, but keeping in mind the era in which the stories were written, many of them are not bad--and actually fairly entertaining. (Even if some aren't).
August 2, 2009
This was initially a hard book to get through as I did not enjoy the first story - A Modern Mephistopheles - at all. It was dark and confusing. Some other stories that I did enjoy however were "Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse" which had a Hunchback of Notre Dame flavor to it, slightly. And I also enjoyed the intriguing mystery in "V.V. or Plots and Counterplots". That one kept me guessing the whole time as to how the mystery will get unraveled. Most of the stories were dark and melodramatic, most with unhappy endings or ironic twists. I'm glad I read it. If you're expecting anything like Alcott's children's classics, however, you're in for a real shock. I prefer her children's books myself.
Merged review:
This was initially a hard book to get through as I did not enjoy the first story - A Modern Mephistopheles - at all. It was dark and confusing. Some other stories that I did enjoy however were "Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse" which had a Hunchback of Notre Dame flavor to it, slightly. And I also enjoyed the intriguing mystery in "V.V. or Plots and Counterplots". That one kept me guessing the whole time as to how the mystery will get unraveled. Most of the stories were dark and melodramatic, most with unhappy endings or ironic twists. I'm glad I read it. If you're expecting anything like Alcott's children's classics, however, you're in for a real shock. I prefer her children's books myself
Merged review:
This was initially a hard book to get through as I did not enjoy the first story - A Modern Mephistopheles - at all. It was dark and confusing. Some other stories that I did enjoy however were "Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse" which had a Hunchback of Notre Dame flavor to it, slightly. And I also enjoyed the intriguing mystery in "V.V. or Plots and Counterplots". That one kept me guessing the whole time as to how the mystery will get unraveled. Most of the stories were dark and melodramatic, most with unhappy endings or ironic twists. I'm glad I read it. If you're expecting anything like Alcott's children's classics, however, you're in for a real shock. I prefer her children's books myself
October 20, 2018
Synopsis: Well known for her books "Little Women" and "Little Men," Louisa May Alcott also wrote Gothic thriller short stories for publication, usually under a pseudonym. This is a collection of some of those dark tales.
Why I picked it up: I found it at a neighbor's yard sale and wanted to sample Alcott's other types of works.
Thoughts: I found the style of writing reminiscent of Mrs. Radcliffe's "The Mysteries of Udolpho," but, of course, with a more American flavor. Gothic stories weren't as entertaining then as they are for us now - full of spying, murders, kidnappings, madness, illicit affairs, disguises, lost fortunes, and other such tragedies. They were regarded as outright scandalous much of the time.
I have mixed feelings about this collection. While I always enjoy the turns of phrase, pacing, and storytelling style of Alcott, sometimes the content just doesn't.... do it for me. Out of the 12 stories, only 4 did I like very much, 3 were pretty good, and the rest kinda meh. Not exactly the best ratio.
However, these are well-written, despite my plot preferences, so I may keep it. Not sure yet.
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Why I picked it up: I found it at a neighbor's yard sale and wanted to sample Alcott's other types of works.
Thoughts: I found the style of writing reminiscent of Mrs. Radcliffe's "The Mysteries of Udolpho," but, of course, with a more American flavor. Gothic stories weren't as entertaining then as they are for us now - full of spying, murders, kidnappings, madness, illicit affairs, disguises, lost fortunes, and other such tragedies. They were regarded as outright scandalous much of the time.
I have mixed feelings about this collection. While I always enjoy the turns of phrase, pacing, and storytelling style of Alcott, sometimes the content just doesn't.... do it for me. Out of the 12 stories, only 4 did I like very much, 3 were pretty good, and the rest kinda meh. Not exactly the best ratio.
However, these are well-written, despite my plot preferences, so I may keep it. Not sure yet.
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December 19, 2007
It's not difficult to discern the hallmarks of Alcott's style when reading these stories--these tales are Louisa May through and through. Her favorite phraseology appears over and over, along with a few dozen of her favorite heroines: impossibly lovely young things, blessed with grace, virtue, and charity, all proving the extent of their angelic moral nature under the most trying of circumstances. It's hard for me not to laugh out loud sometimes, but I read the stories anyway because I have a tender spot in my heart for Louisa May.
January 6, 2009
So far, I'm really enjoying this! The first story in this book is called A Modern Mephistopheles. Louisa May Alcott does an amazing job of making people hate the main character, Jasper Helwyze, but also feel sorry for him. In her descriptions, she paints wondrous pictures in my head. The characters really come to life. The end of this story made me cry. Although it had a depressing ending, I really liked the story.
The next short story in this book is called Marion Earle. (or, Only An Actress!.) It's not bad so far. I'm not enjoying this one as much as the first, but nevertheless, I like it.
The next short story in this book is called Marion Earle. (or, Only An Actress!.) It's not bad so far. I'm not enjoying this one as much as the first, but nevertheless, I like it.
May 19, 2020
Alcott's writing is always a pleasure to read
Individual stories rated here:
• a modern mephistopheles 3/5
•Marion earle; or, only an actress! 3/5
•la jeune; or, actress and woman 3/5
•a pair of eyes; or, modern magic 4/5
•the abbots ghost 5/5
•perilous play 2.5/5
•love and self love 2.5/5
•ariel: a legend of the lighthouse 3/5
•a whisper in the dark 4.5/5
•V.V; or, plots and counterplots 5/5
•enigmas 4/5
•a laugh and a look 2.5/5
Individual stories rated here:
• a modern mephistopheles 3/5
•Marion earle; or, only an actress! 3/5
•la jeune; or, actress and woman 3/5
•a pair of eyes; or, modern magic 4/5
•the abbots ghost 5/5
•perilous play 2.5/5
•love and self love 2.5/5
•ariel: a legend of the lighthouse 3/5
•a whisper in the dark 4.5/5
•V.V; or, plots and counterplots 5/5
•enigmas 4/5
•a laugh and a look 2.5/5
May 22, 2007
LM Alcott's most famous for writing Little Women, but what she really wanted to writer were gothic thrillers. This volume has some of her best, but even those are not very good. For the serious Alcott lover only, or the one who delights in cheese. Or the one who needs to know that sometimes what you love to do is what you're worst at, and that it cuts the same way for other people, too.
Want to read
June 18, 20121) A Modern Mephistopholes
2) Marion Earle; or, Only an Actress!
3) La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman
4) A Pair of Eyes; or, Modern Magic
5) The Abbot's Ghost; or, Maurice Treherne's Temptation
6) Perilous Play
7) Love and Self-Love
8) Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse
9) A Whisper in the Dark
10) V.V.; or, Plots and Counterplots
11) Enigmas
12) A Laugh and a Look
2) Marion Earle; or, Only an Actress!
3) La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman
4) A Pair of Eyes; or, Modern Magic
5) The Abbot's Ghost; or, Maurice Treherne's Temptation
6) Perilous Play
7) Love and Self-Love
8) Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse
9) A Whisper in the Dark
10) V.V.; or, Plots and Counterplots
11) Enigmas
12) A Laugh and a Look
January 15, 2016
This is a spectacular collection of short stories by Alcott. A stark contrast to Little Women, these stories are dark, with plot themes of betrayel, drug use, deceit, sacrifice and of course, love. Aunt Janet bought me this in high school and I wrote my final research paper in English comp over these stories. It's one of my most cherished books, as is evidenced by the broken and worn binding.
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