This is Alcott as you have never seen her before, sharp, gothic, and gloriously unsettling Jean Muir arrives at the wealthy Coventry household as a humble governess. But beneath her meek exterior lies a woman of steely ambition and dangerous cunning. What begins as a tale of domestic harmony turns swiftly into a drama of seduction, betrayal, and psychological gamesmanship. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savored over days