{"product_id":"9781598534221","title":"Work: A Story of Experience: A Library of America eBook Classic","description":"Published in 1873, this autobiographical novel has been called the adult \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e. It follows the semi-autobiographical story of an orphan named Christie Devon, who, having turned twenty-one, announces “a new Declaration of Independence” and leaves her uncle’s house in order to pursue economic self-sufficiency and to find fulfillment in her profession. Against the backdrop of the Civil War years, Christie works as a servant, actress, governess, companion, seamstress, and army nurse—all jobs that Alcott knew from personal experience—exposing the often insidious ways in which the employments conventionally available to women constrain their self-determination. Alcott’s most overtly feminist novel, \u003ci\u003eWork\u003c\/i\u003e breaks new ground in the literary representation of women, as its heroine pushes at the boundaries of nineteenth-century expectations and assumptions. The novel is supplemented here with all the usual Library of America features, plus a conversation with editor Susan Cheever, and a reading group guide.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151234711792,"sku":"9781598534221","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598534221_p0.jpg?v=1763825509","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598534221","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}