Moods (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Louisa May Alcott

Overview

Alcott’s first novel, published in 1865 and revised in 1882, is a semi-autobiographical love triangle. Abolitionist Sylvia Yule yearns for romance and adventure, but can she find them in a man’s world? Displaying the influence of Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Moods vividly dramatizes Alcott’s personal struggles of mind and heart.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411441828
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	02/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	342
File size:	327 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer best known for her classic novel Little Women (1868-69), drawn from her own childhood. Personally educated by writers such as Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau, she first gained literary success with Hospital Sketches (1863), based on her experiences as a nurse during the Civil War.  Her writing often deals with women’s issues in an honest, insightful manner.