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 Kristi Lynn Martin, PHD Book Review of: Beth is Dead by Kate BurnetPublisher: Sarah Barely Book (an imprint of Simon & Schuster)Expected Publication Date: January 2026 Beth Is Dead is a stunning tribute to Little Women and a remarkable debut novel. This YA thriller is a deliciously delightful page turner; clever and suspenseful. After …
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Guest post by Gabrielle Donnelly Gabrielle Donnelly, photo by Jeannine Atkins If Little Women is the great American nineteenth-century novel for girls, then Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is unquestionably its oh-so-proper English counterpart. But the March sisters couldn't be more different from Austen's Bennet sisters if they tried; and Gabrielle Donnelly, author of the …
Guest post by Lorraine Tosiello Louisa May Alcott had been dead for nearly a century before her reputation changed. It was 1975 when Madeleine Stern released a collection of Alcott’s sensational thrillers (1). With the discovery of titillating stories of revenge, psychological manipulation, and women scorned and vindicated, it was clear that Louisa May Alcott …
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Editor's note: Earlier this year, Lorraine Tosiello wrote about Louisa May Alcott’s “Dedham experience.” Alcott certainly spent time as a companion and housemaid at the Richardson home on Court Street. She mentions later in life that Sophia Foord, her former teacher and mentor, helped her through her difficult time in Dedham. In this article, Aniko …
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Complied 2022 from her Journals and Letters by Lorraine Tosiello As a lifelong bibliophile, Louisa May Alcott’s favorite authors were Dickens, Shakespeare, and Goethe. A florid reader, Alcott peppered her Little Women with references to writers ranging from Bunyan to Scott to E.D.E.N Southworth. Though we don’t know all the books she perused at Mr. …
Come for a reading and book signing on May 14th with Alcott scholar Liz Rosenberg, editor of "A Strange Life: Selected Essays of Louisa May Alcott" at Bank Square books in Mystic, CT.
I am pleased to share a recent presentation by collector Kent Bicknell to the Grolier Club about his impressive collection of artifacts from the Hawthorne and Alcott families. These heirlooms speak volumes about the daily lives of these historic and literary figures.
I am thrilled to present this story written by Max Chapnick, Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in English, Northeastern University regarding his recent discovery of an additional pen name for Louisa May Alcott. He has also graciously shared photos he took of previously undiscovered stories by Louisa, some under the new pen name, and others under familiar …
Joan Leotta – Teaching about and performing as Louisa May Alcott with the North Dakota Humanities Department in a two-class session of two hours per class. Class descriptions The first class on March 21 (2-4 EST) will review Alcott’s various writings leading up to (and after) Little Women. In the second class, on March 28 …
Guest post by Belle Thomas, webmaster of oldfashionedgirl.blog A few years ago, when visiting Louisa May Alcott’s home in Concord, Massachusetts, I discovered a book called The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick. According to the summary on the back of the book, the story was about four girls and their moms embarking on …
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Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 