Behind a Mask
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1975. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 277pp. from front flap: "A major literary discovery has revealed that Louisa May Alcott wrote under a pseudonym. In order to pay the family debts and at the same time give vent to the pent-up emotions of her thirty yeras, she, in 1862, decided to write what would be the first of several "blood-and-thunder" tales. Writing from behind a mask, the mask's name being A.M. Barnard, Alcott was able to let down her literary hair and distill her passion for dramatics as well as her intense feminist anger at a world in which a woman was expected to polish her master's muddy boots." Book VG+: touch of dust to boards else clean, square, tight, unmarked. / DJ VG: mild toning and edge wear. NOT clipped. Item #3859
ISBN: 0688003389
#03925.
Price: $8.00