The Mysterious Key and What it Opened

by Louisa May Alcott

Overview

"The Mysterious Key and What It Opened" is a novella written by Louisa May Alcott, the author famous for "Little Women." Published in 1867, this captivating story unfolds the mysteries of a locked trunk, hidden secrets, and a journey towards self-discovery.

The narrative introduces us to young and curious Rosamond Vivian, who finds a mysterious key in her deceased grandmother's possession. Determined to uncover the secret behind it, she embarks on a quest to unlock the trunk it belongs to, with the help of her loyal friend and confidant, David Sterling. As they delve into the trunk's contents, they unearth long-buried family secrets, lost love, and unexpected connections.

Alcott's storytelling brilliance shines through in this tale of love, loss, and redemption. "The Mysterious Key and What It Opened" explores themes of forgiveness, reconciliation, and the power of honesty, making it a poignant and thought-provoking work that continues to captivate readers with its timeless storytelling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789358050424
Publisher:	True Sign Publishing House
Publication date:	01/31/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	215 KB

About the Author

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. Born in Philadelphia to a family of transcendentalists—her parents were friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau—Alcott was raised in Massachusetts. She worked from a young age as a teacher, seamstress, and domestic worker in order to alleviate her family’s difficult financial situation. These experiences helped to guide her as a professional writer, just as her family’s background in education reform, social work, and abolition—their home was a safe house for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad—aided her development as an early feminist and staunch abolitionist. Her career began as a writer for the Atlantic Monthly in 1860, took a brief pause while she served as a nurse in a Georgetown Hospital for wounded Union soldiers during the Civil War, and truly flourished with the 1868 and 1869 publications of parts one and two of Little Women. The first installment of her acclaimed and immensely popular “March Family Saga” has since become a classic of American literature and has been adapted countless times for the theater, film, and television. Alcott was a prolific writer throughout her lifetime, with dozens of novels, short stories, and novelettes published under her name, as the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, and anonymously.