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Boston researcher discovers previously unknown stories from 'Little Women' author Louisa May Alcott
An illustration and title page to the book Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, appear in an 1869 edition of the book at Orchard House, in Concord ... Women," one of the most famous writers from the ...
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A scholar discovers stories and poems possibly written by Louisa May Alcott under a pseudonym
Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern University, believes he found about 20 stories and poems written by Louisa May Alcott under ... about her house in Concord ...
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A Harvard student sleuth cracks the code on the hidden lives of Louisa May Alcott and other notable women
Louisa May Alcott was heartsick when she checked into the old Hotel Bellevue in Boston. It was April 1880 ... Working at a cafe in Harvard Square, Braganza meticulously re-created the artist ...
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How I Discovered a Likely Pen Name of Louisa May Alcott
Before Louisa May Alcott published the bestselling ... there are signs that Gould might not be Alcott. Gould was a common name, especially around Boston. Alcott also kept lists of her stories ...
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An 1880 copy of ‘Little Women’ inscribed by Louisa May Alcott goes up for auction
Louisa May Alcott celebrated her 48th birthday by gifting a special copy of “Little Women” to her cousin, Lucy Ellen Sewall. The copy was a new edition, published by the Boston-based Roberts ...
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Louisa May Alcott used pen names. A researcher thinks he found another
Field Guide to Boston: Discover — and rediscover ... Executive director of Orchard House Jan Turnquist in Louisa May Alcott's former home. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) As for Chapnick, he hopes ...