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The Portable Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott

The Portable Louisa May Alcott

By Louisa May Alcott
Edited by Elizabeth Keyser

By Louisa May Alcott
Edited by Elizabeth Keyser

By Louisa May Alcott
Edited by Elizabeth Keyser

By Louisa May Alcott
Edited by Elizabeth Keyser

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    About The Portable Louisa May Alcott

    Although the publication of Little Women in 1868 earned Louisa May Alcott tremendous popularity, for a long time she was thought of as a writer of children’s stories and considered—at best—a minor figure in the American literary canon. Now, at the end of the twentieth century, Alcott’s vast body of work is being celebrated alongside the greatest American writers, and this collection shows why. The Portable Louisa May Alcott samples the entire spectrum of Alcott’s work: her novels, novellas, children’s stories, sensationalist fiction, gothic tales, essays, letters, and journals. Presenting her more daring works, such as Moods and Behind a Mask (both reprinted in their entirety), alongside the familiar heroines of Little Women, this singular collection offers readers a rich and wide-ranging portrait of this talented, prolific, and influential writer.

    About The Portable Louisa May Alcott

    Although the publication of Little Women in 1868 earned Louisa May Alcott tremendous popularity, for a long time she was thought of as a writer of children’s stories and considered—at best—a minor figure in the American literary canon. Now, at the end of the twentieth century, Alcott’s vast body of work is being celebrated alongside the greatest American writers, and this collection shows why. The Portable Louisa May Alcott samples the entire spectrum of Alcott’s work: her novels, novellas, children’s stories, sensationalist fiction, gothic tales, essays, letters, and journals. Presenting her more daring works, such as Moods and Behind a Mask (both reprinted in their entirety), alongside the familiar heroines of Little Women, this singular collection offers readers a rich and wide-ranging portrait of this talented, prolific, and influential writer.

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    About Louisa May Alcott

    Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832, the second of four daughters of Abigail May Alcott and Bronson Alcott, the prominent Transcendentalist thinker and social reformer. Raised in Concord, Massachusetts, and educated by her father, Alcott early on… More about Louisa May Alcott

    About Louisa May Alcott

    Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832, the second of four daughters of Abigail May Alcott and Bronson Alcott, the prominent Transcendentalist thinker and social reformer. Raised in Concord, Massachusetts, and educated by her father, Alcott early on… More about Louisa May Alcott

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction | Fiction Classics | Literary Collections

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Jul 01, 2000 | 640 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140275742

    Category: Fiction | Literary Collections

    Ebook | $15.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 01, 2000 | 640 Pages | ISBN 9781101177044

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    Table Of Contents

    Introduction
    Chronology
    I. Short Fiction
    My Contraband
    A Whisper in the Dark
    Thrice Tempted
    La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman
    Psyche’s Art
    My Mysterious Mademoiselle
    Cupid and Chow-chow
    Queen Aster
    II. Novels and Novellas
    Moods
    Behind a Mask; or, A Woman’s Power
    From Little Women, part 2:
    Literary Lessons
    Friend
    From Work: A Story of Experience:
    At Forty
    From A Modern Mephistopheles
    Chapters XII, XIII, and XV
    From Jo’s Boys
    Plays at Plumfield
    Among the Maids
    III. Memoirs, Journals, and Letters
    Transcendental Wild Oats
    Journals:
    Fruitlands (1843)
    Concord (1845-47)
    Boston (1850-57)
    Concord (1858-62)
    Georgetown (1862-63)
    Moods (1864-65)
    Little Women (1868-69)
    Emerson’s Death (1882)
    Letters:
    To Abigail May Alcott, December 25, 1854
    To Amos Bronson Alcott, November 29, 1856
    To Anna Alcott Pratt, date uncertain
    To Annie Maria Lawrence, February 3, 1865
    To Moncure Daniel Conway, February 18, 1865
    To Mr. Ayer, March 19, 1865
    To the Lukens Sisters, September 4 [1873]
    To Lucy Stone, October 1, 1873
    To Maria S. Porter [1874]
    To Lucy Stone, June 29 [1876]
    To John Preston True, October 24 [1878]
    To Thomas Niles, February 12, 1881
    To Thomas Niles, February 19, 1881
    To William Warland Clapp, Jr., March 6, 1883
    To Maggie Lukens, January 14 [1884]
    To Maggie Lukens, February 5 [1884]
    To Maggie Lukens, February 14 [1884]
    To the Woman’s Journal, May 8, 1884
    To Lucy Stone, August 31 [1885]
    To Thomas Niles, [June?] 1886

    Notes to the Letters
    Selected Bibliography

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