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Scenes of reading and writing in nineteenthcentury america. She was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator amos bronson alcott and social worker abby may and the second of four daughters. Alcott, a whisper in the the dark, part iicontinued. First published in 1889, this volume contains louisa may alcott s short stories a modern mephistopheles and a whisper in the dark.
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