Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power

"Behind a Mask, or A Woman's Power" is a novel written by Louisa May Alcott. The story follows Jean Muir, the cunning governess of the rich Coventry family. With skillful manipulation, Jean Muir obtains the love, admiration, and eventually the fortune of the Coventry family. Of all her stories of femme fatales, "Woman's Power or Behind a Mask" is considered Alcott's chef-d'oeuvre in the genre of sensation fiction.

Public Domain (P)2019 Musaicum Books

Unlikely heroine

Louisa May Alcott's darker side emerges... of course I enjoyed it! Deceptive, dramatic, and deliciously subversive. Oh Louisa, I thought I knew you!

Couldn’t stop listening!

Why have I never heard about this book before? It was so much fun! I sat down in the morning to listen to it while I was eating breakfast, and I didn’t stop listening until I was heading to bed that night. Although the narrator is nothing to write home about, she is not distracting as some readers can be. She eventually just sort of fades into the background and lets the words tell the story. This book showed me a whole new side of Louisa May Alcott; the main character is a far cry from the wholesome characters in Little Women, and I did not mind the devilish romp at all.