Name: Behind a Mask: A Woman's Power
SKU: 56751937
Price: 318.00 ZAR
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Author: Louisa May Alcott
ISBN: 9781979579247

Type

Physical Book

Author

Louisa May Alcott

A. M. Barnard

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

28x21.6x0.4 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN13

9781979579247

Synopsis "Behind a Mask: A Woman's Power"

Behind A Mask - A Woman's Power by Louisa May Alcott / A.M. Barnard. Behind a Mask, or A Woman's Power is a novella written by American author Louisa May Alcott. The novella was originally published in 1866 under the pseudonym of A. M. Barnard in The Flag of Our Union. Set in the Coventry Mansion during the Victorian era, the wealthy family hires a young woman named Jean Muir to be the governess of sixteen-year-old Bella. When she first meets the Coventry family, Jean succeeds in charming Bella, Ned and Mrs. Coventry by having a fainting spell. However, Gerald and Lucia, son of the estate and cousin to the Coventry family, remain suspicious. They are skeptical with good reason, for when Jean retires to her own bedroom, she removes her costume (a wig and some fake teeth) to reveal that she is actually an actress of at least thirty years of age.

Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and after spending some time in Boston, died in Concord, Massachusetts.

The energy and independent spirit she had in her childhood stayed with her throughout her life and led her to take on various jobs to financially support her family. In 1854, she published her first book, Flower Fables, followed by more than thirty novels and story collections. However, her name would always be linked to Little Women, a novel she wrote between May and July 1868 at the request of her publishers.

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