Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 / 2008-07-16 00:00:00

EBOOK, WORK: A STORY OF EXPERIENCE ***


This etext was produced by Charles Aldarondo.

WORK:
A STORY OF EXPERIENCE.
BY
LOUISA M. ALCOTT,
AUTHOR OF "LITTLE WOMEN," "LITTLE MEN," "AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL,"
"HOSPITAL SKETCHES," ETC.
"An endless significance lies in work; in idleness alone is there
perpetual despair."--CARLYLE.
BOSTON:
1901.



TO
MY MOTHER,
WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN A LONG LABOR OF LOVE, THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY
INSCRIBED
BY
HER DAUGHTER.



CONTENTS.
I. CHRISTIE
II. SERVANT
III. ACTRBSS
IV. GOVERNESS
V. COMPANION
VI. SEAMSTRESS
VII. THROUGH THE MIST
VIII. A CURE FOR DESPAIR
IX. MRS. WILKINS'S MINISTER
X. BEGINNING AGAIN
XI. IN THE STRAWBERRY BED
XII. CHRISTIE'S GALA
XIII. WAKING UP
XIV. WHICH?
XV. MIDSUMMER
XVI. MUSTERED IN
XVII. THE COLONEL
XVIII. SUNRISE
XIX. LITTLE HEART'S-EASE
XX. AT FORTY



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS,
FROM DRAWINGS BY SOL EYTINGE.
"How doth the little busy bee"
Christie
Aunt Betsey's Interlarded Speech
Mrs. Stuart.
Hepsey
Christie as Queen of the Amazons
Mr. Philip Fletcher
Mrs. Saltonstall and Family
"No, I thank you"
Helen Carrol
Mrs. King and Miss Cotton
The Rescue
"C.
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