Louisa May Alcott

A modern biography of an ambivalent rebel and irreverent feminist who became, in spite of herself, one of our most popular authors.

Martha Saxton is an assistant professor of history and women's and gender studies at Amherst College. She is the author of several books, including Louisa May Alcott: A Modern Biography. She lives in New York City.

Introduction	p. xi
Little Women	p. 1
The Lovers	p. 18
A Victorian Courtship	p. 35
Boston and Bronson	p. 50
A New England Marriage	p. 63
The Temple School	p. 81
Eccentric Circles	p. 101
Concordia	p. 114
Fruitlands	p. 134
Hillside	p. 153
Midcentury	p. 172
Beth	p. 202
"Love and Self-Love"	p. 218
Hospital Sketches	p. 251
Moods	p. 269
Europe and Little Women	p. 285
Work	p. 301
Abba	p. 326
Duty's Faithful Child	p. 345
Father and Daughter	p. 363
Acknowledgments and a Note on Sources	p. 381
Notes	p. 383
Bibliography	p. 407
Index	p. 417
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