A collection of short thrillers that were originally published under a pseudonym offers insight into Alcott's diversity as a writer and includes the title story about an orphan's coming of age in a sinister house. Reprint. PW.
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"I Have No Heart, You Know"
Dec 20 1999
By B. E. Keown
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Is it possible to take a person and of them create a statue, cold, unfeeling, totally submissive? This is precisely what Bazil Yorke, sculptor and hermit, sets out to find out when the daughter of a long dead love comes into his care. But something goes terribly wrong. As Bazil attempts to smother the heart of his ward, he finds that his own has been touched. But it is never that easy. Who is Germain, the myterious--and dangerous--stranger who haunts Bazil and Cecil, the Marble Woman? What is the bizarre link that binds these two enemies? Will Cecil's heart of stone give way--before all three lives are ruined?
This story is quite different from Alcott's more poplular works--and even from the rest of her 'blood and thunder tales', that one wonders if this was not merely an excercise and not intended to be read by generations. The main flaw is in the ending, which seems a bit prosaic for such a dark work. It still has her flair for narrative and deep understanding of human nature, however and provides an excellent addition to any Alcott devotee.
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