Moods is Louisa May Alcott's first novel, a story of a young heroine named Sylvia and the changing moods that shape her inner life. Through friendship, courtship and difficult choices it follows her search for a life that suits her nature. A reflective early work by the author of Little Women.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
MOODS .
BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT. AUTHOR OF "LITTLE WOMEN," "AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL," "HOSPITAL SKETCHES." "Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus." Emerson. LORING, Publisher, 319 Washington Street, BOSTON. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by A. K. LORING, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CONTENTS. PAGE. CHAPTER I. IN A YEAR 7 CHAPTER II. WHIMS 21 CHAPTER III. AFLOAT 39 CHAPTER IV. THROUGH FLOOD, AND FIELD, AND FIRE 57 CHAPTER V. A GOLDEN WEDDING 81 CHAPTER VI. WHY SYLVIA WAS HAPPY 102 CHAPTER VII. DULL, BUT NECESSARY 113 CHAPTER VIII. NO 120 CHAPTER IX. HOLLY 130 CHAPTER X. YES 141 CHAPTER XI. WOOING 149 CHAPTER XII. WEDDING 158 CHAPTER XIII. SYLVIA'S HONEYMOON 165
CHAPTER XIV. A FIRESIDE FETE 183 CHAPTER XV. EARLY AND LATE 195 CHAPTER XVI. IN THE TWILIGHT 206 CHAPTER XVII. ASLEEP AND AWAKE 223 CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT NEXT? 238 CHAPTER XIX. SIX MONTHS 259 CHAPTER XX. COME 270 CHAPTER XXI. OUT OF THE SHADOW 285 MOODS. CHAPTER I. IN A YEAR. The room fronted the west, but a black cloud, barred with red, robbed the hour of twilight's tranquil charm. Shadows haunted it, lurking in corners like spies set there to
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