A Modern Mephistopheles and Taming a Tartar

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 feminist 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.

Author: Louisa May Alcott, Madeleine B. Stern
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 08/10/1987
Pages: 437
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780275927806

About the Author:

Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters.