Louisa May Alcott

Every few years, a new film or miniseries based on Little Women comes along, and this year is no exception. To prepare for Greta Gerwig's upcoming version, Alaina teaches us about its author, her family, and the circles they moved in. When does writing for commercial gain make lasting art? What about this story makes it so appealing to adapt? Was anyone in the 1800s NOT part of a utopian commune?

Links!

• The Orchard House museum
• A list of all Little Women adaptations, up to 2017
• Boston Women's Heritage Trail
• 14th Annual Benefit 5K / 10K for Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House
• Joseph Palmer, the beard man
  
• Fruitlands Museum
• Little Women (1980) from Toei Animation and Harmony Gold

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