Jill Fuller and Jamie Burgess, creators and hosts of the “Let Genius Burn” podcast series, have been thoroughly immersed in the life and legacy of Louisa May Alcott for well over a year. The podcast debuted on July 12 and each week a new episode is released on Mondays. This week’s episode The podcasters focused on the Alcott sisters, discussing each one in depth, along with the relationship that sister shared with Louisa. Any Little Women fan knows how much Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are derived from Anna, Louisa, Lizzie and May. Fuller and Burgess present many interesting (and lesser known) facts about the sisters along with penetrating insight into the sibling bond that made up this “Golden Band.”
I was most impressed with the presentation on Lizzie. Referring to her by the name to which she was…
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Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 
I have a question that I think you can answer: Why did Louisa M. Alcott marry Jo to Professor Bhaer for money if the first part of Little Women had already been successful?
Her publisher insisted upon it. They wanted the money to keep rolling in and he felt the book would not sell if Jo didn’t marry.
Oh thank you very much for replying!