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Then don’t go and be suspicious. I only want some money,” said Laurie, walking on again, appeased by her hearty tone. People who hire all these things done for them never know what they lose; for the homeliest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them, and Meg found so many proofs of this, that everything in her small nest, from the kitchen roller to the silver vase on her parlor table was eloquent of home love and tender forethought. Matteson, John (2007). Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-05964-9. This book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 2008.

The three years that have passed have brought but few changes to the quiet family. The war is over, and Mr. March safely at home, busy with his books and the small parish which found in him a minister by nature as by grace–a quiet, studious man, rich in the wisdom that is better than learning, the charity which calls all mankind “brother,” the piety that blossoms into character, making it august and lovely.

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Powell, K. (n.d.). Louisa May Alcott Family Tree and Genealogy – ThoughtCo.. Retrieved March 20, 2018 [ permanent dead link]

Transcendental Wild Oats (1873) A short piece about Alcott's family and the Transcendental Movement. Josephine Brooke ("Josy" or "Josie") – Meg's youngest child, named after Jo. She develops a passion for acting as she grows up. Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the story collection Her Body and Other Parties , which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the forthcoming memoir In the Dream House .a b Hill, Rosemary (February 29, 2008). "From little acorns, nuts: Review of 'Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father' by John Matteson". The Guardian. Louisa succumbed to typhoid pneumonia within a month and had to be taken home. Although she narrowly survived the illness she did not recover from the cure. The large doses of calomel—mercurous chloride—she was given poisoned her and she was never well again.

Yes, Mother, I’m sure of that,” said Meg, listening respectfully to the little lecture; for the best of women will hold forth upon the all-absorbing subject of housekeeping. “Do you know I like this room most of all in my baby house,” added Meg, a minute after, as they went upstairs, and she looked into her well-stored linen closet.

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Any time when John is away, and you get frightened, Mrs. Meg, just swing that out of the front window, and it will rouse the neighborhood in a jiffy. Nice thing, isn’t it?” and Laurie gave them a sample of its powers that made them cover up their ears. Louisa M. Alcott Dead". The New York Times. March 7, 1888 . Retrieved April 2, 2018. The parents of the authoress removed to Boston when their daughter was 2 years old, and in Boston and its immediate vicinity she made her home ever after. Poverty made it necessary for Alcott to go to work at an early age as a teacher, seamstress, governess, domestic helper, and writer. Her sisters also supported the family, working as seamstresses, while their mother took on social work among the Irish immigrants. Only the youngest, Abigail, was able to attend public school. Due to all of these pressures, writing became a creative and emotional outlet for Alcott. [8] Her first book was Flower Fables (1849), a selection of tales originally written for Ellen Emerson, daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. [11] Alcott is quoted as saying "I wish I was rich, I was good, and we were all a happy family this day" [13] and was driven in life not to be poor. Larson, Rebecca D. (1997). White Roses: Stories of Civil War Nurses. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications. ISBN 1577470117. OCLC 38981206.

Reisen, Harriet (2009). Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women . Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-805-08299-9. OCLC 316514238. This book was the basis for a PBS documentary directed by Nancy Porter. Humanity, Said Edgar Allan Poe, Is Divided Into Men, Women, And Margaret Fuller". American Heritage . Retrieved December 28, 2022.By the way, Jo, I think that little Parker is really getting desperate about Amy. He talks of her constantly, writes poetry, and moons about in a most suspicious manner. He’d better nip his little passion in the bud, hadn’t he?” added Laurie in a confidential, elder-brotherly tone, after a minute’s silence. Margaret "Marmee" March – The girls' mother and head of household while her husband is away. She engages in charitable works and lovingly guides her girls' morals and their characters. She once confesses to Jo that her temper is as volatile as Jo's, but that she has learned to control it. [25] :130 Somewhat modeled after the author's own mother, she is the focus around which the girls' lives unfold as they grow. [25] :2 Here, we can see Bronson’s projections onto Lizzie, the way he views her as having plantlike passivity, her actions something akin to a Venus flytrap closing over its prey. Pure instinct. Louisa May Alcott Google doodle marks 184th birthday of 'Little Women' author". Search Engine Land. November 29, 2016.