Moods was Louisa May Alcott’s first full-length novel, published in 1865 after years of revision. It tells the story of Sylvia Yule, a passionate and impulsive young woman whose shifting emotional states lead her through a complicated romantic triangle. Alcott considered it among her most personal and serious works, quite distinct from the domestic warmth of Little Women.
Less widely read than her famous later novel, Moods reveals a more introspective and ambitious side of Alcott’s literary imagination. Download this free public-domain EPUB at Better Gutenberg and discover a different facet of a beloved American author.