Work: A Story of Experience

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Published 1800 -1900

Authors: Louisa May Alcott In Year : 1873

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Work: A Story of Experience

Preface- Quote & Inscription
Chapter 1- Christie
Chapter 2- Servant
Chapter 3- Actress
Chapter 4- Governess
Chapter 5- Companion
Chapter 6- Seamstress
Chapter 7- Through the Mist
Chapter 8- A Cure For Despair
Chapter 9- Mrs. Wilkins's Minister
Chapter 10- Beginning Again
Chapter 11- In the Strawberry Bed
Chapter 12- Christie's Gala
Chapter 13- Waking Up
Chapter 14- Which?
Chapter 15- Midsummer
Chapter 16- Mustered In
Chapter 17- The Colonel
Chapter 18- Sunrise
Chapter 19- Little Heart's-Ease
Chapter 20- At Forty

It is one of "several nineteenth-century novels [which] uncovers the changes in women's work in the new industrial era, as well as the dilemmas, tensions, and the meaning of that work" The story depicts the struggles of a young woman trying to support herself. The main character, Christie Devon, works outside the home in a variety of different jobs, but the end of her story marks "the beginning of a new career as a voice and activist for other working women". (Summary by Bonnie Lee)