Download or read book A Modern Mephistopheles and A Whisper in the Dark written by Louisa May Alcott and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a psychological fiction by Louisa May Alcott. It presents the story of Gladys, a fighter who impressively faces all the challenges life throws before her. Alcott delivers an excellently written plot with strong characterization throughout the story. This beautifully written story prompts all sorts of emotions in the reader. Excerpt from A Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark "A haggard youth knelt before a little furnace, kindling a fire, with an expression of quiet desperation on his face, which made the simple operation strange and solemn. A pile of manuscript lay beside him, and in the hollow eyes that watched the white leaves burn was a tragic shadow, terrible to see,—for he was offering the first-born of heart and brain as sacrifice to a hard fate."
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Download or read book A Modern Mephistopheles and A Whisper in the Dark written by Louisa M Alcott and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys.
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Download or read book A Modern Mephistopheles and a Whisper in the Dark Annotated written by Louisa May Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-06 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.Originally published under a pseudonym, this is not a typical LMA novel. It is a Gothic novel about a failed poet who makes a Faustian bargain with his tempter.
Download or read book A Modern Mephistopheles and a Whisper in the Dark written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ...stretched her arms towards her husband, as if in music she had found a tongue to plead her cause. The involuntary gesture recalled to her that other verse which Vivien added to her song; and something impelled her to sing it, standing erect, with face, figure, voice all trembling with the strong emotion that suddenly controlled her: --"My name, once mine, now thine, is closelier mine, For fame, could fame be mine, that fame were thine; And shame, could shame be thine, that shame were mine; So trust me not at all or all in all." Down fell the curtain there, and the two men looked at one another in silence for an instant, dazzled, troubled, and surprised; for in this brilliant, impassioned creature they did not recognize the Gladys they believed they knew so well. "What possessed her to sing that? She is so unlike herself, I do not know her," said Canaris, excited by the discoveries he was making. "She is inspired to-night; so be prepared for any thing. These women will work wonders, they are acting to the men they love," answered Helwyze, warily, yet excited also; because, for him, a double drama was passing on that little stage, and he found it marvellously fascinating. "I never knew how beautiful she was!" mused Canaris, half aloud, his eyes upon the blue draperies which hid her from his sight. "You never saw her in such gear before. Splendor suits her present mood, as well as simplicity becomes her usual self-restraint.-You have made her jealous, and your angel will prove herself a woman, after all." "Is that the cause of this sudden change in her? Then I don't regret playing truant, for the woman suits me better than the angel," cried Canaris, conscious that the pale affection...
Download or read book A Modern Mephistopheles and A Whisper in the Dark written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a psychological fiction by Louisa May Alcott. It presents the story of Gladys, a fighter who impressively faces all the challenges life throws before her. Alcott delivers an excellently written plot with strong characterization throughout the story. This beautifully written story prompts all sorts of emotions in the reader. Excerpt from A Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark "A haggard youth knelt before a little furnace, kindling a fire, with an expression of quiet desperation on his face, which made the simple operation strange and solemn. A pile of manuscript lay beside him, and in the hollow eyes that watched the white leaves burn was a tragic shadow, terrible to see,—for he was offering the first-born of heart and brain as sacrifice to a hard fate."
Download or read book A Modern Mephistopheles and A Whisper in the Dark written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Whisper in the Dark written by Louisa May Alcott and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-08 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novella follows the story of young orphan Christie Devon, who works as a governess for the wealthy Sterling family. Christie is modest, kind-hearted, and well-liked by her employers. She forms a close bond with her young charge, Gertrude Sterling, who is the heiress to the Sterling estate. As Christie settles into her new role, she becomes acquainted with the mysterious and reclusive Mr. Stuart, who lives nearby. Mr. Stuart is known for his eccentricities and is rumored to be haunted by a tragic past. Despite his aloof exterior, Christie finds herself drawn to him. As the story unfolds, secrets and mysteries surrounding the Sterling family's history begin to surface. Christie becomes entangled in a web of intrigue, romance, and dark family secrets. She must navigate the complex relationships within the household and uncover the truth hidden in the shadows.
Download or read book Whispers in the Dark written by Elizabeth Lennox Keyser and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcott's wealth of allusion to other writers, such as Charlotte Bronte, Margaret Fuller, and, especially, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and of recurring motifs such as textiles, texts, and theatricals reveals her consistent subversion of conventional values for women.
Download or read book A Modern Mephistopheles written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This old work is sure to delight any reader with a penchant for wit and beautiful imagery. Author of "Little Women", "Moods", and "Work, A Story of Experience."Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Little Women is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters.Excerpt from the work:A haggard youth knelt before a little furnace, kindling a fire, with an expression of quiet desperation on his face, which made the simple operation strange and solemn.A pile of manuscript lay beside him, and in the hollow eyes that watched the white leaves burn was a tragic shadow, terrible to see,--for he was offering the first-born of heart and brain as sacrifice to a hard fate.Slowly the charcoal caught and kindled, while a light smoke filled the room. Slowly the youth staggered up, and, gathering the torn 8 sheets, thrust them into his bosom, muttering bitterly, "Of all my hopes and dreams, my weary work and patient waiting, nothing is left but this. Poor little book, we'll go together, and leave no trace behind."Throwing himself into a chair, he laid his head down upon the table, where no food had been for days, and, closing his eyes, waited in stern silence for death to come and take him.
Download or read book A Modern Mephistopheles written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helwyze leaned in a great chair beside a table strewn with books which curiously betrayed the bent of a strong mind made morbid by physical suffering. Doré's "Dante" spread its awful pages before him; the old Greek tragedies were scattered about, and Goethe's "Faust" was in his hand. An unimpressive figure at first sight, this frail-looking man, whose age it would be hard to tell; for pain plays strange pranks, and sometimes preserves to manhood a youthful delicacy in return for the vigor it destroys. But at a second glance the eye was arrested and interest aroused, for an indefinable expression of power pervaded the whole face, beardless, thin-lipped, sharply cut, and colorless as ivory.
Download or read book A Whisper in the Dark Twelve Thrilling Tales by Louisa May Alcott written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection represents the best of Alcotts 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 Alcotts high-gothic masterpiece, a story of imperiled innocence. Also featured are: "The Abbots Ghost," one of Alcotts 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 mysterious Virginie Varens, the darkest heroine in all of her work.
Download or read book A Whisper in the Dark written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Barnes & Noble. This book was released on 1996 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Alcott's remaining adult works.
Download or read book A Modern Mephistopheles written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helwyze leaned in a great chair beside a table strewn with books which curiously betrayed the bent of a strong mind made morbid by physical suffering. Doré's "Dante" spread its awful pages before him; the old Greek tragedies were scattered about, and Goethe's "Faust" was in his hand. An unimpressive figure at first sight, this frail-looking man, whose age it would be hard to tell; for pain plays strange pranks, and sometimes preserves to manhood a youthful delicacy in return for the vigor it destroys. But at a second glance the eye was arrested and interest aroused, for an indefinable expression of power pervaded the whole face, beardless, thin-lipped, sharply cut, and colorless as ivory.
