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Synopsis
A broad cross-section of letters from the correspondence of the creator of ""Little Women"". This collection provides an autobiography spanning 45 years and provides an account of Alcott's life and development as a writer.
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Review
"[This] volume should win for Louisa May Alcott a whole new set of admirers."--"American Heritage"
"Exuberant, witty, observant, curious, at times refreshingly malicious, Alcott seeks out 'experiences' with a zest."--"New York Times Book Review"
[This] volume should win for Louisa May Alcott a whole new set of admirers.--"American Heritage"
Exuberant, witty, observant, curious, at times refreshingly malicious, Alcott seeks out 'experiences' with a zest.--"New York Times Book Review"
About the Author
Daniel Shealy is a professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Madeleine B. Stern is a partner in the New York rare book firm of Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern. She has written or edited several other books, eight about Louisa May Alcott. Joel Myerson is a professor of English at the University of South Carolina and is the author or editor of several books on the American Renaissance. The three have coedited several books about Alcott and her work, including "The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott" and "The Journals of Louisa May Alcott," both published by the University of Georgia Press.
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- PublisherLittle, Brown US
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0316593613
- ISBN 13 9780316593618
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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