A Whisper in the Dark Twelve Thrilling Tales
β Scribed by Louisa May Alcott
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Year
- 2011;2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 391 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0760713561
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
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 are: "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...
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
My name is Whisper. Iβm an Agent. That might not mean anything to you, but trust me, itβs a big deal. Iβm the first woman whoβs ever made it through the Academy. And if you think for a second that itβs because they went easy on me, think again. I challenged their testosterone-fueled system, and I