Louisa May Alcott

Perhaps if she had followed her promise of a "personal biography" and said more about her own struggles to become a writer in the wake of a brilliant, difficult father, "Louisa May Alcott" might have been a compelling, as well as a charming, book.

Personal biography of Alcott explores subject by emphasizing role of beloved writer's father Elaine Showalter 2010

Perhaps if she had followed her promise of a "personal biography" and said more about her own struggles to become a writer in the wake of a brilliant, difficult father, "Louisa May Alcott" might have been a compelling, as well as a charming, book.

Personal biography of Alcott explores subject by emphasizing role of beloved writer's father Elaine Showalter 2010

"Louisa May Alcott," by Susan Cheever Simon & Schuster; $26

The New Yorker Sally Law 2010

No mummy's tomb is known to have been inscribed with a curse...the concept originated with a stage show in London's Piccadilly Circus in 1821, followed by Jane Webb's 1922 novel, "The Mummy" "Little Women" authoress Louisa May Alcott also dealt with a mummy's curse in her obscure 1869 short story, "Lost In A Pyramid"

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: 15 Intriguing Halloween-Related Factoids! Ph.D. Dr. Franklin Ruehl 2011

For instance, I decided to read Louisa May Alcott's Little Women for the first time last year.

Dave Astor: Confessions of an E-Book Virgin Dave Astor 2011

No mummy's tomb is known to have been inscribed with a curse...the concept originated with a stage show in London's Piccadilly Circus in 1821, followed by Jane Webb's 1922 novel, "The Mummy" "Little Women" authoress Louisa May Alcott also dealt with a mummy's curse in her obscure 1869 short story, "Lost In A Pyramid"

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: 15 Intriguing Halloween-Related Factoids! Ph.D. Dr. Franklin Ruehl 2011

For instance, I decided to read Louisa May Alcott's Little Women for the first time last year.

Dave Astor: Confessions of an E-Book Virgin Dave Astor 2011

For instance, I decided to read Louisa May Alcott's Little Women for the first time last year.

Dave Astor: Confessions of an E-Book Virgin Dave Astor 2011

For instance, I decided to read Louisa May Alcott's Little Women for the first time last year.

Dave Astor: Confessions of an E-Book Virgin Dave Astor 2011

It was a series of lurid stories, all published in gaudy popular journals, all written under a pseudonym, all by New England's fresh and hearty Louisa May Alcott.

We Remember - Madeleine Stern, 1912 - 2007 2010