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Behind a Mask
Has she come?"No, Mamma, not yet."I wish it were well over. The thought of it worries and excites me. A cushion for my back, Bella."And poor, peevish Mrs. Coventry sank into an easy chair with a nervous sigh and the air of a martyr, while her pretty daughter hovered about her with affectionate solicitude."Who are they talking of, Lucia?" asked the
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Published
July 28th 2008
by Book Jungle
(first published January 1st 2002)
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BEHIND A MASK (aka ‘A Woman’s Power’) is a novelette by Louisa May Alcott and completely different from her ‘Little Women’ series. This is a story of secrets, betrayal, deception and sexual intrigue.
Jean Muir is a delicate and demure governess who, on recommendation of a family friend, has come to stay with the Coventry family and tutor the only daughter, Bella. Before the introductions are barely over she manages to gain the affections of Mrs. Coventry, her charge Bella, the youn...more
Jean Muir is a delicate and demure governess who, on recommendation of a family friend, has come to stay with the Coventry family and tutor the only daughter, Bella. Before the introductions are barely over she manages to gain the affections of Mrs. Coventry, her charge Bella, the youn...more
When I decided to read Louisa May Alcott’s Behind a Mask for Transcendentalist Month, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. The brief blurb claimed it was so unlike the usual Alcott-fare most people are familiar with — the likes of Little Women, Eight Cousins and An Old-Fashioned Girl. Apparently it was to be dark and mysterious…the kind of material that no one, not knowing Alcott except through her well-known works, would ever have suspected. The story is this. A young woman comes to the Coventry...more
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I don't see why this book was touted as a book of sex, love, betrayal and murder. There was love and betrayal but still pretty victorian. At most the main character Miss Muir is a sneaky con artist and quite the coquette. She was no murderess. It was a good little novella and it had its twists exactly what is expected from a thriller novella from the 19th century.
The story was captivating and almost hypnotizing.
The book is full of relationship drama.
I liked the whole book until, well I won't say when...
If you read it, you'll know what I mean.
It's a really well written novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Not her typical topic.
Chelsea Merkley
The book is full of relationship drama.
I liked the whole book until, well I won't say when...
If you read it, you'll know what I mean.
It's a really well written novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Not her typical topic.
Chelsea Merkley
Before Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women, she tried writing the kind of romances and mysteries that her heroine Jo March would later write. This is one of them. Very short and simple, but an entertaining read. It's easy to imagine Jo writing this.
Five stars for a fascinating, subversive novel. This short novel might be described as Austen-meets-Thackeray--a novel of manners, but with far less-than-lovable, morally ambiguous characters. And with its obliquely feminist overtones, this novel isn't your mama's Louisa May Alcott.
I loved this book! A story of a Woman's acting skills and how she fools a family and breaks apart betrothed people. This woman is so conniving she even fooled me! Again a lve triangle or square rather, in this book.
A spectacular thriller, a "5" as far as thrillers go (and if I liked thrillers more)...Very unexpected from Alcott!
Louisa! Who knew you could write something so deliciously wicked?
What a read! What a woman! Whew!
I liked the story line for the most part, but towards the ending it deteriorated greatly. I felt bad for the men who fell in love with her that she cruelly used in her scemes. I liked the part when she was doing a play with one of them though. I wish it would have had a happier ending for the men she tricked, like having her marry one instead or deceiving all including the man she marries.
Acheté en promo (livre neuf) ! Cette collection de Joëlle Losfeld serait amenée à disparaître (?)
Par contre, la couv' est vraiment laide (j'ai horreur de rose :S)
Par contre, la couv' est vraiment laide (j'ai horreur de rose :S)
So we somehow finally get to read Jo's purple prose and potboilers -- interesting for an Alcott fanatic such as I am.
It's too bad she's only remembered for Little Women when she wrote stuff like this.
A very easy read, intriguing and difficult to put down. It is well written. A good book while on public transport.
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Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832. She and her three sisters, Anna, Elizabeth and May were educated by their father, philosopher/ teacher, Bronson Alcott and raised on the practical Christianity of their mother, Abigail May.
Louisa spent her childhood in Boston and in Concord, Massachusetts, where her days were enlightened by visits to Ralph Wal...more
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