Louisa May Alcott is My Passion
Begun in 2010, this blog offers analysis and reflection by Susan Bailey on the life, works and legacy of Louisa May Alcott and her family. Susan is an active member and supporter of the Louisa May Alcott Society, the Fruitlands Museum and Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House.
By Jamie Lynne Burgess Like one of her idols Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott had a knack for inventing character names. At their best, the renamings tell us something about the tone of the story and the character of the person: from Work’s untouchable David Sterling to Hospital Sketches’s bustling Tribulation Periwinkle. In “Transcendental Wild …
A rare look at Louisa May Alcott’s life as an invalid and a patient What would you like to know about the woman behind Beth March? “Poppy’s Pranks” reveals the childhood of Louisa May Alcott Comparing the March sisters with their real life counterparts Major acquisition by the Concord Library of Louisa May Alcott working …
Louisa May Alcott's short stint as a Civil War nurse enabled to find her voice and provided her with numerous stories. Hospital Sketches was the first result of her service and it secured her future as a successful professional writer. Critics and readers alike showered praise on the book which first began as a series of …
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Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 