A strange life : selected essays of Louisa May Alcott / edited and introduced by Liz Rosenberg ; preface by Jane Smiley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888, author.

Contributor:

Rosenberg, Liz, editor, writer of introduction.

Smiley, Jane, writer of preface.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American essays--19th century.

American essays.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xxii, 145 pages ; 19 cm

Other Title:

Selected essays of Louisa May Alcott

Place of Publication:

Mirefoot, Kendal : Notting Hill Editions, 2023.

Summary:

"Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is, of course, best known as the author of Little Women (1868). But she was also a noted essayist who wrote on a wide range of subjects, including her father's failed utopian commune, the benefits of an unmarried life, and her experience as a young woman sent to work in service to alleviate her family's poverty. Her first literary success was a contemporary close-up account of the American Civil War, brilliantly depicted in Hospital Sketches, which was drawn from her own experience of serving as an army nurse near the nation's capital. As with her famous novel, Alcott writes these essays with clear observation, unforgettable scenes, and one of the sharpest wits in American literature. Blending gentle satire with reportage and emotive autobiography, Alcott's exquisite essays are as exceptional as the novels she is known for. Published together for the first time, this delightful selection shows us another side to one of our most celebrated writers"-- Amazon.

Contents:

Preface by Jane Smiley

Introduction by Liz Rosenburg

How I went out to service

Transcendental wild oats

from sketch of childhood

from letters from Dinan

from women of Brittany

from the flood in Rome and visit from a king

My boys

from happy women

Hospital sketches.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1912559439

9781912559435

OCLC:

1368095417