Great article with lots of pictures. I think the movie looks promising but I remain cautious after the Masterpiece version. What do you think? Exclusive First Look: Greta Gerwig and Saoirse Ronanās Little Women from Vanity Fair
Louisa May Alcott’s ocean retreat: Nonquitt today
After selling Orchard House in 1884, Louisa May Alcott invested some of the returns into a summer cottage in Nonquitt, a beachfront community in Dartmouth, MA. Nonquitt/Dartmouth are located at the southwest corner of Buzzards Bay along Massachusetts' south-facing shoreline. In fact, it runs at about a 90 degree angle to the South Shore. Here …
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āLet the World Know You Are Aliveā: May Alcott Nieriker and Louisa May Alcott Confront Nineteenth-Century Ideas about Womenās Genius
I am pleased to share with you a wonderful essay about the professional lives of LouisaĀ May Alcott and May Alcott Nieriker written by Lauren Hehmeyer, a professor of History and English at Texarkana College. Professor Hehmeyer presented at the May Alcott conference in Paris in June of 2018 (see previous post) and is currently …
Meet the artist to whom May Alcott acted as mentor: Daniel Chester French
Before May Alcott left for Europe to study and become a professional artist, she gave lessons from a studio at Orchard House which her father Bronson made for her. A student of hers created one of the most iconic pieces of sculpture in America: One of his first commissioned works is in Concord: That artist …
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A fresh examination of May Alcott Nieriker: Did Genius Burn?
I am pleased to presentĀ a most interesting and insightful essay on May Alcott Nieriker by AzelinaĀ Flint, an Alcott scholar from Great Britain who organized a conference in Paris last year called "Recovering May Alcott Nieriker's Life and Work." It begins with an intriguing letter written by May to her father, Bronson when she …
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Marmee and Louisa Book Discussion: Chapter Two āDrawing Toward Some Ideal Friendā
As a 19th century woman from a well-connected family, nineteen-year-old Abba Alcott was decidedly unconventional. She resisted the idea of marriage, preferring instead to study while nurturing dreams of opening her own school. Abba dreaded the pairing that had been arranged for her with cousin Samuel May Frothingham; his unexpected death freed her from that …
Chapter XXXII. Tender Troubles
Jo and Beth shared a special relationship, including things in common. My take on "Tender Troubles" from Little Women.
Marmee and Louisa Book Discussion: Chapter One “A good child, but willful”
Born on October 8, 1800, Abigail May came from a long line of wealthy, prominent Boston families. They included the Sewalls (Judge Samuel Sewall, the ārepenting judge,ā who had presided over the Salem Witch Trials to which he spent the rest of his life atoning for those actions), the Mays (who fought in the American …
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“Marmee and Louisa” book discussion: Introduction – why Abba Alcott?
Eve LaPlanteās ancestral link with the Alcotts extends to readers of Marmee and Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother a unique and intimate connection to this family. In the introduction, she mentions a trunk in her attic, passed down by an aunt. Although it and other treasures have been in …
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What attracted Abigail May to Bronson Alcott? Beginning a book club discussion of “Marmee and Louisa” by Eve LaPlante
I am pleased to announce that we will be doing a book discussion in the coming weeks on Marmee and Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and her Mother by Eve LaPlante. Each Thursday I will do a post on one chapter of the book, giving a brief reflection and offering discussion questions. …
Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 