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A Modern Mephistopheles is a gothic thriller published by the Roberts Brothers in 1877 and written by Louisa May Alcott. It is based on Goethe's Faust and contains stylistic elements Alcott used earlier in her writing career.
Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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This chilling tale of lust, deception, and greed beings on a midwinter night as Felix Canaris, a despairing writer about to take his own life, is saved by a knock at the door. His mysterious visitor, Jasper Helwyze, promises the poor student fame and fortune in return for his complete devotion.
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Aug 16, 1987 · “Went for some weeks to the Bellevue and wrote ‘A Modern Mephistopheles,’ ” confided beloved children’s author Louisa May Alcott to her journal in 1877. “It has been simmering since I ...
A Modern Mephistopheles. Louisa May Alcott. Bantam Books, 1987 - Fiction - 155 pages. This chilling tale of lust, deception and greed, first published anonymously in 1877, allowed Alcott the...
Aug 26, 2009 · A novel of psychological complexity that touches on controversial subjects such as sexuality and drug use, A Modern Mephistopheles is a penetrating and powerful study of human evil and its appalling consequences.
Feb 20, 2017 · A Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark. Credits. Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, David Edwards, ellinora, University of Toronto - Robarts Library and the Online.
