A Modern Mephistopheles and Taming a Tartar
Alcott, Louisa May / Stern, Madeleine B.![A Modern Mephistopheles and Taming a Tartar](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/137/1375530/CHSBZCOP031375530.jpg)
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 o...