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Louisa May Alcott was known to publish under various names throughout her writing career, but this discovery marks the first time any new pseudonym has been linked to Alcott since the 1940s.
Louisa May Alcott, the author of “Little Women,” may have written more works than readers were aware of, thanks to a scholar who made an interesting discovery. Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral ...
Little Women at Richmond Theatre brings Louisa May Alcott’s beloved story to the stage with care, humour and emotional depth.
Before Louisa May Alcott published the bestselling “Little Women” in two volumes – the first in 1868, the second in 1869 – she wrote melodramatic thrillers, selling these short stories to ...
Abigail May Alcott’s influence on her daughter is absent in the historic books, says Eve LaPlante in her book “Marmee and Louisa,” but she was a muse for Louisa May Alcott’s famous work. Credit: Jana ...
She wrote lurid, sensational stories before Little Women. Like her heroine Jo March, Louisa May Alcott wrote, published, and supported her family with what she called “blood and thunder tales ...
A recent reread has inspired me to write about why the novel holds up even though it's from a different era A Bit of Backstory Louisa May Alcott wrote four books that make up the Little Women ...
Although the March family is fictional, the characters—including the four sisters whose stories have captivated generations of girls—are heavily based on Louisa May Alcott’s real-life family.
So you haven't read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott? Then have a seat as we follow the life of a young hotheaded woman in ...
Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern University, believes he found about 20 stories and poems written by Louisa May Alcott under her own name as well as pseudonyms for ...