Work
a story of experience
About this book
In this story of a woman's search for a meaningful life, Alcott moves outside the family setting of her best knows works. Originally published in 1872, Work is both an exploration of Alcott's personal conflicts and a social critique, examining women's independence, the moral significance of labor, and the goals to which a woman can aspire. Influenced by Transcendentalism and by the women's rights movement, it affirms the possibility of a feminized utopian society.
Subjects
- american fiction (fictional works by one author)
- children's fiction
- classic literature
- conduct of life
- employment
- fiction
- fiction, general
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, psychological
- history
- juvenile fiction
- large type books
- literature
- new england, fiction
- short stories
- women
- young women