It is one of “several nineteenth-century novels [which] uncovers the changes in women’s work in the new industrial era, as well as the dilemmas, tensions, and the meaning of that work” The story depicts the struggles of a young woman trying to support herself. The main character, Christie Devon, works outside the home in a variety of different jobs, but the end of her story marks “the beginning of a new career as a voice and activist for other working women”.

Latest episodes of the podcast Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

• 00 – Preface: Quote & Inscription
• 01 – Christe
• 02 – Servant
• 03 – Actress
• 04 – Governess
• 05 – Companion
• 06 – Seamstress
• 07 – Through the Mist
• 08 – A Cure For Despair
• 09 – Mrs. Wilkins’s Minister
• 10 – Beginning Again
• 11 – In The Strawberry Bed
• 12 – Christie’s Gala
• 13 – Waking Up
• 14 – Which?
• 15 – Midsummer
• 16 – Mustered In
• 17 – The Colonel
• 18 – Sunrise
• 19 – Little Heart’s Ease
• 20 – At Forty