{"product_id":"alternative-alcott-paperback","title":"Alternative Alcott - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouisa May Alcott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElaine Showalter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe discovery in recent years of Louisa May Alcott's pseudonymous sensation stories has made readers and scholars increasingly aware of her accomplishments beyond her most famous novel, Little Women, one of the great international best-sellers of all time. What has been recovered throws new light on the children's books and asks us to question our assumptions about the suposedly staid and sentimental Alcott. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlternative Alcott\u003c\/i\u003e includes works never before reprinted, including \"How I Went Out to Service,\" \"My Contraband,\" and \"Psyche's Art.\" It also contains \u003ci\u003eBehind a Mask\u003c\/i\u003e, her most important sensation story; the full and correct text of her last unfinished novel, \u003ci\u003eDiana and Persis\u003c\/i\u003e; \"Transcendental Wild Oats\"; \u003ci\u003eHospital Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e; and Alcott's other important texts on nineteenth-century social history. This anthology brings together for the first time a variety of Louisa May Alcott's journalistic, satiric, feminist, and sensation texts. Elaine Showalter has provided an excellent introduction and notes to the collection.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737548165183,"sku":"9780813512723","price":79.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9f26c24194f53bf5c5df74f0db30a148.webp?v=1765150314","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/alternative-alcott-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}