A Modern Mephistopheles and Taming a Tartar

By Louisa May Alcott

Book Overview

Louisa May Alcott has always been associated with literature for young adults and children. Here is in effect a new book by the universally popular Alcott, a book that reveals an altogether different image of one of America's best-loved authors. A Modern Mephistopheles began as a rejected sensational novel and was revised by Alcott for anonymous publication in 1877. Its subject, style, and language mark radical deviations from those expected of Alcott.

Taming a Tartar is a newly discovered Alcott thriller. Originally published as a serialization in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Magazine, this astounding page-turner highlights Alcott's feminists leanings. This unique book marks the first general printing of an Alcott story and the first reprinting in some 75 years of a neglected Alcott novel. Both works are closely analyzed in the detailed introduction by Madeleine B. Stern.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275927806
• ISBN13: 9780275927806
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 437 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"