单词 | Louisa May Alcott |
例句 | “Jubilee, I think this is some of your best work. Louisa May Alcott said, ‘It takes two flints to make a fire.’ Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And then I spot an old friend—Little Women by Louisa May Alcott—and grab it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Gerwig, who wrote and directed “Little Women,” proved that seventh times’ a charm for Louisa May Alcott’s literary classic. Box Office: 'Little Women,' 'Uncut Gems' Start Strong as 'Rise of Skywalker' Remains Victorious 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Louisa May Alcott’s novel, published in two parts in the 1860s, follows four sisters from childhood to adulthood. 27 Young Adult Books That Became Major Movies 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Gerwig’s film is the eighth film adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel that lets readers escape into the 19th-century New England world of witty Jo March and her three sisters. Like "Little Women," books by Zitkála-Šá and Taha Hussein are classics 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z “They don’t see these kind of distinctions. And you know what? Neither did Louisa May Alcott.” Can real men love ‘Little Women’? Greta Gerwig thinks they should. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z In her 2005 novel March, Geraldine Brooks filched the absent father from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and took him on a tour of Civil War battlefields. won the Pulitzer Prize. The Boy Who Lived Forever 2011-07-07T09:15:00Z This adaptation of a classic book brings Louisa May Alcott’s March sisters back to the big screen for the first time since 1994. For the holiday movie season, favorites return full force 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Inspired by Louisa May Alcott's most famous book, Donnelly's is revisionism taken to the extreme — but it mostly works. 32 of the year's best books 2011-12-07T23:43:04Z New England is a cornucopia: Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, looking from the bedroom’s writing desk through wavy glass to the leaf-filled yard. My Summer Waiting Tables at the Writers’ Retreat 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z But the most famous personage in LaPlante’s family tree was the best-selling children’s author Louisa May Alcott. An extraordinary mother-daughter pair: Louisa May Alcott and her mother 2012-12-07T00:25:58Z Gerwig: When I was reading the book, there was a kind of doubling of Louisa May Alcott, who wrote the book, and Jo March, who is the writer in the book. Greta Gerwig on making ‘Little Women’ ‘at the speed of life’ 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Though with Dower as narrator a Victorian voice is necessary, the book’s style compares unfavorably with that of classic 19th-century writers such as Anthony Trollope and Louisa May Alcott. ‘Fiendish Schemes’: a wild and whimsical steampunk sequel 2013-12-11T18:47:31Z Although she doesn’t own a magical item like Morrigan’s umbrella, Townsend hangs on happily to something almost as amazing: her grandmother’s worn, 70-year-old copy of Townsend’s favorite book, “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott. Nevermoor writer has knack for creating whimsical worlds 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z For the 150th anniversary of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, four noted authors each celebrate one of its central characters. New & Noteworthy, From Black Utopias to a ‘Little Women’ Tribute 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Since its establishment, Union Chapel served as a hub of women’s suffrage, hosting public figures including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Louisa May Alcott and Lucy Stone. 5 feminist history reasons to visit Cleveland — whether you’re protesting, attending or working the Republican National Convention 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Little Women: The Broadway Musical Stage adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel about four sisters growing up during the Civil War. L.A. theater openings, Nov. 27-Dec. 4: 'La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin’ and more 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Louisa May Alcott was one of my first muses. ‘Jo Was Everything I Wanted to Be’: 5 Writers on ‘Little Women’ 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Little Women by Louisa May Alcott And so begins Little Women and the tale of the March sisters: pretty, vain Meg, tomboy Jo, self-centred Amy and saintly little Beth. Season's reading: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 2010-12-22T12:40:55Z Yet Marmee is central to the story that Louisa May Alcott wanted to tell. “Little Women” and the Marmee Problem 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z “But as an adult, it’s Louisa May Alcott.” This Is ‘Little Women’ for a New Era 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z As an example, they cite a Massachusetts fifth-grader who turned her interest in Louisa May Alcott and cooking into “The Louisa May Alcott Cookbook” — the first contract its publisher ever signed with a child author. How to expand who gets gifted services Louisa May Alcott’s 150-year-old novel, “Little Women,” has remained in print despite a message strongly at odds with contemporary mantras of acquisitiveness, self-indulgence, self-promotion and vulgarity. Timeless Preoccupations and Old-School Virtues 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Among the dozens of series listed as available for viewing, the only one with a recognizably American pedigree was Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” which has been — forgive me, Greta Gerwig — filmed to death. Perspective | Never mind the Brits, here are five American novels perfect for ‘Masterpiece’ treatment 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z An Oscar nomination came her way for playing Jo, eldest sister of the March clan, in this intelligent and underrated adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s cherished 19th-century novel. Heathers is back – but is it Winona Ryder's best film? Her top 20, ranked! 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z "Persians" at the Getty Villa, and a Louisa May Alcott classic gets a makeover in "Women" at Theatre Asylum. L.A. theater openings, Aug. 31-Sept. 7: 'The Tempest' and more 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z At once faithful and blissfully liberated, this beautiful interpretation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel is the story of a woman finding her voice, directed by one who already has. Best Movies of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z At birthday parties, he played games with little Louisa May Alcott. ‘Julian Hawthorne: The Life of a Prodigal Son,’ by Gary Scharnhorst Louisa May Alcott, like Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters, wrote with an acute sense of the precarious lives that women have always led. Joy to the world, "Little Women" has come – and the updated classic is a modern marvel 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z And it may be that association that imparts a novelistic vibe to Ira Sachs’s “Little Men,” beyond the Louisa May Alcott echo in the title. Review: In ‘Little Men,’ Boys Develop a Bond That Is Threatened by Money 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Gerwig’s script drew from Louisa May Alcott’s private letters, scholarship on Alcott’s life, and Alcott’s later novels, in which Gerwig spied even more modern heroines than the ones in “Little Women.” How Greta Gerwig Built Her ‘Little Women’ 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z She was referring to the family at the heart of Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘Black Is King’ and ‘Little Women’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z A previously unpublished piece by Louisa May Alcott, the author best known for her novel “Little Women,” is now available in print for the first time. The Ending of This Louisa May Alcott Story May Disappoint You 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “Louisa May Alcott: A Modern Biography” presents a complicated picture of a woman caught under the thumb of an eccentric, domineering father and a patriarchal New England society. Martha Saxton, Historian Who Explored Women’s Lives, Dies at 77 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z When I was a girl in the 1980s, my parents took me to visit Orchard House, Louisa May Alcott’s home in Concord, Massachusetts. Six female writers’ homes you can tour, including the one where Alcott penned ‘Little Women’ 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Louisa May Alcott began her career as one A.M. The Name Game: J.K. Rowling and the Power of Brand 2013-07-16T09:45:18Z Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” is so teeming with references — literary, artistic, cinematic — that it cries out for a syllabus. How Greta Gerwig Built Her ‘Little Women’ 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Clare Beams opens her unusual and transporting first novel, “The Illness Lesson” with epigraphs from Louisa May Alcott and her father, Amos Bronson Alcott. Review | ‘The Illness Lesson’ alludes to ‘Little Women’ but will remind you of darker works 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z And I adored “Little Women,” Greta Gerwig’s incisive, rambunctious, handsomely produced adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, which manages to retain the book’s distinctive vernacular while making a movie that’s completely her own. Sorry, best picture front-runners: She’s just not that into you. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z While the latest film adaptation of “Little Women,” which opened on Christmas Day, has been getting all the attention lately, Louisa May Alcott’s 19th-century classic has influenced women writers for generations. ‘Jo Was Everything I Wanted to Be’: 5 Writers on ‘Little Women’ 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Rather we took issue with its didactic feel, making Louisa May Alcott’s great novel into the TV equivalent of box of old Saltines — dry, bland and tough to swallow. 2018's biggest TV disappointments, from moderately painful to the absolute worst 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Napolitano emphasizes the sisters’ fondness for likening themselves to the four heroines of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.” Review | Ann Napolitano’s ‘Hello Beautiful’ is another tender tearjerker 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Still, it wouldn’t be Christmas — as Louisa May Alcott’s March sisters might have said — without any coffee table books. Review | Gift ideas for the readers in your life 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z A dozen are in one school alone, Louisa May Alcott Elementary. King County schools ask voters to fund billions in levy and bond measures 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z And he never missed an opportunity to meet anyone whose name could be dropped at the next social event — Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis. Review: Oscar Wilde's life was a tragic work of art. A new biography sketches it perfectly 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z He directed the Marx Brothers in “Animal Crackers” and, with his wife, Sarah Y. Mason, won an Oscar in 1934 for the screenplay adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.” Perspective | Movie references aren’t the only allusions to be lost on other people 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z For the first half of my life, I was sustained by my small public library, finding solace in old, ratty copies of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. How Wattpad changed the way we think about writing 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z A little-known work by Little Women author Louisa May Alcott, written when she was 17 and left unfinished, is being published for the first time. Little Women author's early work published at last 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z That Florence Pugh as Amy was the only actor to receive an acting nomination at the Oscars is another signpost of how fashion-friendly this interpretation of Louisa May Alcott’s book is. Caped crusaders: how Little Women lost the Oscars – but won fashion 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Despite widespread critical acclaim and six nominations, Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel collected just one Oscar, for costume design, at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday. The only Oscar 'Little Women' won was for costume design 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z “Little Women” was filmed in and around Concord, Mass., where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set her novel. Visit the places where the 2020 Oscar-nominated movies were filmed 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The March home is based on author Louisa May Alcott’s Massachusetts home, where she wrote the novel upon which the movie is based. How the Oscars' best-picture nominees used architecture to tell stories of inequity 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z I don’t know ... earn a discounted admission to Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House? How I learned to stop worrying and ... ahem ... love the Oscars' best picture choice 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The first incarnation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel won this award back in 1934 — and that may be the problem. Dr. Oscar's 2020 Academy Award predictions: Who will win best picture, best actor, actress and more 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Food and cooking were a big part of Louisa May Alcott’s book, and this was well represented in Greta Gerwig’s version of the movie. Throwing an Oscars viewing party? Spruce up your menu with food inspired by the 2020 Best Picture nominees 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z But I’m more impressed with the deft way Greta Gerwig honored the spirit of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel while simultaneously personalizing and modernizing the material. Oscars 2020: Who will win and who should win. Our critics' picks 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z "Little Women" is an adaptation of the classic Louisa May Alcott novel following the lives of the March family as they grow up, facing death, heartbreak and more along the way. Oscars: How to watch movies nominated for best picture 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Nine years older than Louisa May Alcott, she was a black girl in Concord, Mass., the second generation to live in her family’s homestead. Opinion | The Bearable Whiteness of ‘Little Women’ 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z I called Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” my personal bible after I read it for the first time as an 11-year-old. Opinion | The Book That Changed My Life 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Gerwig earned a screenplay nod for adapting Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel to the screen. Déjà vu: 2020 Oscar nominations ignore female directors once again 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Times film writer Amy Kaufman traveled to Massachusetts to hang with Gerwig and her mini Bernedoodle, Wizard, and tour the sites that inspired the filmmaker’s interpretation of the Louisa May Alcott classic. Newsletter: Five things to watch for at Sunday's Golden Globes 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Which begs the obvious question: How on earth did Emily Dickinson get a television series before Louisa May Alcott did? Column: 'Little Women' is great but where is the Louisa May Alcott biopic? 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Louisa May Alcott’s father Bronson didn’t want the house to overshadow the beautiful landscape. The look of 'Little Women': A period movie with a modern feel 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The 2019 version of "Little Women," which debuted in theaters on Christmas Day, marks the eighth adaptation of the famous literature from author Louisa May Alcott. New York Times piece mocked for complaining that men are 'dismissing' 'Little Women' remake 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The two of them walked among snow-covered locations of Concord, Mass., where “Little Women” author Louisa May Alcott lived. Indie Focus: Alfre Woodard overwhelms in 'Clemency' 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Concord was the site of Revolutionary War battles and a 19th-century literary community that included Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Flames consume mansion as crews struggle to get water on it 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Which is why the time is so right for the Louisa May Alcott story. Column: 'Little Women' is great but where is the Louisa May Alcott biopic? 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Hopefully the statute of limitations has expired on spoiling a 151-year-old story: March – an avatar for her creator, Louisa May Alcott – proves him wrong. Moral of the story: 2019's boldest culture asked what it means to be good 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Above all else, Louisa May Alcott was a radical. Girls adored ‘Little Women.’ Louisa May Alcott did not. 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z So begins “Little Women,” a new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel. Greta Gerwig’s Raw, Startling “Little Women” 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z When Gerwig decided she wanted to make her own version of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” — out Christmas Day — the first thing she did was come here, to New England. In the snow with Greta Gerwig at the places that inspired 'Little Women' 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z But such is the magic of combining Louisa May Alcott’s enduring story of those four sisters with Gerwig’s deliciously feisty, evocative and clear-eyed storytelling that makes this “Little Women” a new classic. Review: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ is a new classic 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Greta Gerwig knew how to end her new adaptation of “Little Women,” the eighth film version of Louisa May Alcott’s classic girlhood novel. Greta Gerwig had the perfect ending for 'Little Women.' Here's why she kept it a secret 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Greta Gerwig’s new big-screen adaptation of Little Women, the sixth about the March sisters to be made so far, starts with a scene taken from the middle of Louisa May Alcott’s second volume. Sister act: how Little Women has come of age on the big screen 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Now, she might repeat that feat for adapting Louisa May Alcott's classic autobiographical novel of sisterhood. Two Oscar contenders get rave reviews 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The knee-high suede boots Louisa May Alcott wore during the sisters’ homegrown theatrical productions. In the snow with Greta Gerwig at the places that inspired 'Little Women' 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Louisa May Alcott’s classic story of the lives, loves and triumphs of four sisters in Civil War-era New England. Movies on TV this week: 'GoodFellas' on AMC and more 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Little Women Brand new stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel about the hopes and dreams of four sisters living with their mother during the Civil War. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Lady Day,' 'Little Shop' and more 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Based on the story by Louisa May Alcott. Movies on TV this week Aug. 25: 'Beauty and the Beast' (1991) and more 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The “Lady Bird” director’s sophomore film is based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, and the trailer, released Tuesday, begins on a meta note. 'Little Women' trailer: Watch Saoirse Ronan lead the feminist charge 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Later this year, the newest film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel “Little Women” will arrive in theaters. Perspective | ‘Tomboy’ is anachronistic. But the concept still has something to teach us. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “Little Women,” based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, is Gerwig’s latest effort following her critically acclaimed directorial debut, “Lady Bird.” See Emma Watson and Saoirse Ronan in first peek at ‘Little Women’ 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Little Women by Louisa May Alcott A bit of a cheat as this is not strictly a friendship book as the little women of the title are four sisters who are, however, mostly heartwarmingly close. Top 10 teenage friendships in fiction | 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Four sisters in Massachusetts forge unbreakable family ties in this adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s story. Movies on TV this week Aug. 25: 'Beauty and the Beast' (1991) and more 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” and Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” are among the classic tomes under consideration on a new episode of “The Great American Read.” TV This Week, Oct. 7-13: 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,' 'Doctor Who' and more - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z She'll take on another iconic maternal role in the updated retelling of the Louisa May Alcott classic "Little Women" from director Clare Niederpruem, playing one of the most famous mothers in literary history. Lea Thompson on the harm of sleazy auditions: “They stole my power for years” 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The only other major release this week is Pinnacle Peak’s “Little Women,” a modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s late-1860s novel. Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish's 'Night School' to battle 'Smallfoot' for box office crown - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Contemporary adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic about the March sisters and their passage into adulthood. L.A. movie openings, Sept. 28 - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Our answers have been informed by Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.” The outsize influence of ‘Little Women’ endures, 150 years later 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Within this category is a special endowment-supported 19th-century American literature collection, with an emphasis on female writers: Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Emily Dickinson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Harriet Beecher Stowe and others. For 50 years, UW librarian Sandra Kroupa has been connecting people with rare books and artifacts 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z She tells of how Louisa May Alcott was the first woman to register to vote in Concord in 1879, when Massachusetts gave women the right to vote in town elections on education and children issues. 150 years on, ‘Little Women’ and its author still resonate 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z "Its roof and a projecting terrace were laden with flowers and the air smelled of plants growing. I thought of Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott and country vicars' manses and fell instantly in love." Preservation effort makes Hemingway's Cuba home look like he never left 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Classic: “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, as a companion to the current PBS “Masterpiece” series. So, what are you reading this summer? 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Louisa May Alcott slept here: The new special "Orchard House: Home of Little Women" offers a tour of the author's childhood home. TV This Week, May 13-19: 'The Royal Wedding Live With Cord and Tish!' and more 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z But while Jo was lauded as a feminist hero in the original two books, many felt author Louisa May Alcott had sold out with her later books, Little Men and Jo's Boys. The children's book characters who grew up 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Little Women, the Musical Based on Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel about four sisters growing up during the Civil War; for ages 10 and up. The week ahead in L.A. theater, March 11-18: 'An Undivided Heart,' 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music' and more 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Thanks to Google Doodle, Louisa May Alcott is trending on Twitter – it’s her 184th birthday. Three books take you back to the time of Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Like so many rebellious, gifted American girls impatient with ordinary paths—Louisa May Alcott was of the same kind—she went on to avoid higher education and become a miscellaneous journalist, while still quite young. Jane Jacobs’s Street Smarts 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z There was also the omnipresence of the plays in 19th-century American literary culture – open a story by James Fenimore Cooper or Louisa May Alcott and the shade of the immortal Bard is never far away. West side story: how Shakespeare stormed America's frontier 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z It includes a farmhouse once home to the family of author Louisa May Alcott and two miles of recreational trails. Fruitlands Museum integrates with Trustees of Reservations 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The Fruitlands Community, where Louisa May Alcott of Little Women fame grew up, was troubled not just by sex but also, honestly, by vegetables that grew downwards. Free love or genocide? The trouble with Utopias 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z In 1863, Louisa May Alcott, who served as a nurse during the Civil War, wrote of an encounter with the body of a soldier whom she had tended until death. The Rise of the Artisanal Funeral 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “A Little Women Christmas,” by Heather Vogel Frederick, pictures by Bagram Ibatoulline: This adaptation of a portion of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” is a good introduction to the March family. Fresh selection of holiday picture books for kids 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z He is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father, and will teach a free online course on “Literature and Law of American Slavery” beginning September 30. Slavery Matters More Than Ever 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z The bathroom hardware company Lefroy Brooks’s Belle Aire tub faucet, with fins like a 1950s automobile, looked as out of place as a poodle skirt on Louisa May Alcott. Design Notebook: Craft Turns Heads at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2012-05-24T02:00:02Z Louisa May Alcott is without a rival as a writer for the young. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Walt Whitman and Louisa May Alcott nursed many sick and wounded in similar Washington hospitals. The Civil War Centennial Handbook 2011-10-15T02:00:27.210Z No doubt she got more happiness in traveling than some people, for she found boys and girls in England, France, and Germany reading the very books she herself, Louisa May Alcott, had written. The Child's Book of American Biography The method of Louisa May Alcott was a very simple one. Methods of Authors Life would have been far less easy for him but for the development of an unexpected talent in one of his daughters, Louisa May Alcott. American Men of Mind Her charming stories possess those same qualities of optimism and high ideals for humanity that made the books of Louisa May Alcott so popular. Red-Robin Louisa May Alcott's "Inheritance" looks like it's going to be tough. The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 On a certain April morning, almost as soon as her mother finished buttoning her dress, Louisa May Alcott slipped out of the house and up the street as fast as her feet could carry her. The Child's Book of American Biography Louisa May Alcott relates that when eight years old she was sent to the Emerson home to inquire about the health of his oldest son, a boy of five. History of American Literature A warm nest was made for the foundling, and, with motherly care, the little Louisa May Alcott, then only eight years old, fed and nursed back to life the half-famished bird. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life |
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