Download or read book Eden s Outcasts The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father written by John Matteson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography Louisa May Alcott is known universally. Yet during Louisa's youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson—an eminent teacher and a friend of Emerson and Thoreau. He desired perfection, for the world and from his family. Louisa challenged him with her mercurial moods and yearnings for money and fame. The other prize she deeply coveted—her father's understanding—seemed hardest to win. This story of Bronson and Louisa's tense yet loving relationship adds dimensions to Louisa's life, her work, and the relationships of fathers and daughters.

Download or read book The Letters of A Bronson Alcott written by Amos Bronson Alcott and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters, are chiefly from the Alcott-Pratt collection of the Harvard College Library.

Download or read book Concord Days written by Amos Bronson Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marmee Louisa written by Eve LaPlante and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Free Press, 2012.

Download or read book Amos Bronson Alcott an Intellectual Biography written by Frederick C. Dahlstrand and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any previous study of Alcott, this biography examines his ideas and their historical significance critically and shows how Alcott epitomized American thought in the nineteenth century.

Download or read book Fruitlands written by Richard Francis and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a definitive account of Fruitlands, one of history's most unsuccessful, but most significant, utopian experiments. It was established in Massachusetts in 1843 by Bronson Alcott (whose ten year old daughter Louisa May, future author of Little Women, was among the members) and an Englishman called Charles Lane, under the watchful gaze of Emerson, Thoreau, and other New England intellectuals. Alcott and Lane developed their own version of the doctrine known as Transcendentalism, hoping to transform society and redeem the environment through a strict regime of veganism and celibacy. But physical suffering and emotional conflict, particularly between Lane and Alcott's wife, Abigail, made the community unsustainable. Drawing on the letters and diaries of those involved, the author explores the relationship between the complex philosophical beliefs held by Alcott, Lane, and their fellow idealists and their day to day lives. The result is a vivid and often very funny narrative of their travails, demonstrating the dilemmas and conflicts inherent to any utopian experiment and shedding light on a fascinating period of American history.

Download or read book Amos Bronson Alcott an Intellectual Biography written by Frederick C. Dahlstrand and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any previous study of Alcott, this biography examines his ideas and their historical significance critically and shows how Alcott epitomized American thought in the nineteenth century.

Download or read book Tablets written by Amos Bronson Alcott and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tablets" is a book by Amos Bronson Alcott, an American teacher and philosopher who never punished his students, as his main aim was to perfect the human spirit, not to break it. He was also an abolitionist and an advocate for women's rights and propagated the vegan diet before its term was coined. The book is called "Tablets" because it consists of random notes and thoughts on topics like gardens, relations, friends, women, pleasures, and recreations written down on tablets or notebooks, among other daily routines.

Download or read book How Like an Angel Came I Down written by Amos Bronson Alcott and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 1991 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This edition of Conversations with children on the Gospels, conducted and edited by A. Bronson Alcott is an edited and abridged version of the text first published in two volumes by James Monroe and Company of Boston in 1836 and 1837"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-336).

Download or read book Ralph Waldo Emerson written by Amos Bronson Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay was privately printed & presented to Emerson on his 62nd birthday, May 28, 1865. It was published in 1882 without material alteration or addition.

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Download or read book Concord Days written by Amos Bronson Alcott and published by Albert Saifer Publisher. This book was released on 1888 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Louisa May Alcott written by Susan Cheever and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life of Louisa May Alcott, discussing her family, relationships, works, rejection of marriage, and other related topics.

Download or read book A Hopeful Heart written by Deborah Noyes and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Little Women-- the beloved literary classic and inspiration for Greta Gerwig's acclaimed feature film adaptation--come to be? This stunning biography explores the unique family and unusual circumstances of literary icon Louisa May Alcott. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. How did these cherished characters come to be? Louisa May Alcott, the author of one of the most famous "girl" books of all time, was anything but a well-mannered young lady. A tomboy as well as a ravenous reader, Louisa took comfort in fictional characters that were as passionate and willful as she was--and whose wild imaginations were a match for her own. She was often found roaming the woods near her home in Concord, Massachusetts, or exploring the natural world in the company of the great Transcendentalist thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Here is a beautiful portrait of Louisa May Alcott, a woman influenced by her father, a penniless philosopher, her mother, with whom she shared a great connection, and, of course, her three sisters. Featuring unique indigo illustrations, Deborah Noyes unveils how Louisa's natural spirit, loving family, and unconventional circumstances inspired the timeless masterpiece that is Little Women.

Download or read book Hospital Sketches written by Louisa May Alcott and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1863, Hospital Sketches is a record of personal experiences of Louisa May Alcott. It is a vivid account of the American civil war, enlightening the women's participation in the conflict and their personal encounter with the brutalities....