A modern Mephistopheles, and A whisper in the darkLouisa May Alcott

A modern Mephistopheles, and A whisper in the dark

Name: A modern Mephistopheles, and A whisper in the dark
ISBN: 9780553212662

Louisa May Alcott · 1877

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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. THE NOVEL FOLLOWS FELIX CANARIS AND GLADYS , TWO YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE MANIPULATED BY A WEALTHY SEMI-VALID JASPER HELWYZE, WHO SEEKS TO UNDERMINE THIER RELATIONSHIP FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTATION. UNDER HELWYZE'S DIRECTION, CANARIS AND GLADYS MARRY. GLADYS AND CANARIS EVENTUALLY OVERCOME HELWYZE'S INFLUENCE ON THEM.