Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark

First published in 1889, this volume contains Louisa May Alcott''s short stories “A Modern Mephistopheles” and “A Whisper in the Dark”. Although best known for her children''s classics, Alcott also wrote many “blood and thunder” stories in her early years. Her favourite of these was “A Modern Mephistopheles”, a story of human evil and its appalling consequences that centres around Felix Canaris, a...