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Bezig met laden... Louisa May Alcott Unmasked: Collected Thrillersdoor Louisa May Alcott
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Not the Alcott you know from "Little Women," which personally, I found boring and difficult to finish. Alcott's thrillers are, well, thrilling -- they're still suspenseful and gripping a century and a half after they were written. The stories, with all their romances and intrigues, are compelling; even with the number of tales included in this anthology, it's difficult to predict what plot twists Alcott will throw in next, and whether her characters will be granted a happy ending or not. The last ones dragged for me, as I found the longer works more richly developed, but all in all, well-worth the time to savor each story as one reads their way through this massive volume. ( ) Yes, it took 2 plus years but I did finally finish up this massive anthology of all of Louisa May Alcott's known (at the time) gothic thrillers. I dipped in and out of it but I did enjoy the stories. The longer ones were better, with more convoluted plots and cliffhangers, but the short ones could pack a punch. Lots of intrigue and hidden identities and romance and love dashed to pieces or happily ever after. I liked thinking how it felt to read these in VIctorian magazines at the time. Quite enjoyable. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
BevatBehind a Mask; Or, A Woman's Power door Louisa May Alcott (indirect) The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story door Louisa May Alcott (indirect) The Mysterious Key, and What It Opened door Louisa May Alcott (indirect) Pauline's Passion and Punishment door Louisa May Alcott (indirect)
One of America's most adored juvenile fiction writers, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) also penned anonymous and pseudonymous sensation stories for popular magazines. Her spellbinding tales of intrigue and suspense, violence and evil, jealousy and revenge, were uncovered by the detective work of Madeleine Stern and others, who scrutinized published and unpublished sources for clues to Alcott's secret literary life. Now Alcott's known thrillers are available for the first time in a single volume. Originally published between 1863 and 1870, these twenty-nine tales illuminate Alcott's versatility as a writer and her storytelling talents. The sensation stories, which feature a succession of powerful and passionate heroines, also reveal Alcott's feminist convictions. Alcott wrote for various magazines geared toward different groups of readers, and her works were tailored to conform to the standards and perceived interests of each audience. Serials carried by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, with its mass readership, were sensational shockers that contained violent themes of narcotics addiction and brutal murder, while the stories for Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine required genteel overtones and less violent plots. The toned-down sensationalism, however, did not preclude feminist heroines, or the titillation of sexual exchanges and the excitement of sexual power struggles. All the tales in Louisa May Alcott Unmasked are engaging potboilers with vivid characters, exotic backdrops, and complex plots that will beguile today's readers. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.4Literature English (North America) American fiction Later 19th Century 1861-1900LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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