{"id":597,"date":"2015-11-15T02:55:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T02:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=597"},"modified":"2018-10-08T19:20:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T19:20:14","slug":"alcott-louisa-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/alcott-louisa-may\/","title":{"rendered":"ALCOTT, Louisa May"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cFar away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I cannot reach them: but I can look up, and see their beauty; believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louisa May Alcott<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Work: A Story of Experience <\/em>(1873) Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1873, p. 261; online via University of California Libraries & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em> \u201cFar away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I cannot reach them: but I can look up, and see their beauty; believe in them, and try to follow where they lead<\/span>; remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest; and keep my beautiful white flowers as long as I can.\u201d (p. 261)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf6397e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Work: A Story of Experience<\/em> (1873 Roberts Bros.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/workstoryofexper00alcorich#page\/260\/mode\/2up\/search\/Far+away+there+in+the+sunshine<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc97e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cI\u2019<\/strong>m not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louisa May Alcott<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy<\/em> (1868) Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887, p. 495; online via New York Public Library & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 Part II, chapter XLIV – character \u2018Amy,\u2019 speaking to family]\n

\u201cLovely weather so far; I don\u2019t know how long it will last, but I\u2019m not afraid of storms, for I\u2019m learning how to sail my ship<\/span>. Come how, dear, and I\u2019ll find your bootjack; I suppose that\u2019s what you are rummaging after among my things. Men are so <\/em>helpless, mother,\u201d said Amy, with a matronly air, which delighted her husband.\u201d (p. 495)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: Little Women<\/em> was originally published in two parts. Earlier full editions of the novel \u2013 including the one cited here \u2013 noted on the cover that the book contained both \u201cParts I and II.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c97e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Little Women<\/em> (1868|1887 Roberts Bros.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/littlewomenormeg00alco3#page\/494\/mode\/2up\/search\/learning+how+to+sail+my+ship<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e97e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

“L<\/strong>ove is a great beautifier.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louisa May Alcott<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy<\/em> (1868) Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887, p. 260; online via New York Public Library & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 Part II, chapter XXIV \u2013 Narrator]\n

\u201cMeg had spent the time in working as well as waiting, growing womanly in character, wise in housewifery arts, and prettier than ever; for love is a great beautifier<\/span>. She had her girlish ambitions and hopes, and felt some disappointment at the humble way in which the new life must begin.\u201d (pp. 260-261)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: Little Women<\/em> was originally published in two parts. Earlier full editions of the novel \u2013 including the one cited here \u2013 noted on the cover that the book contained both \u201cParts I and II.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e097e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Little Women<\/em> (1868|1887 Roberts Bros.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/littlewomenormeg00alco3#page\/260\/mode\/2up\/search\/for+love+is+a+great+beautifier<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf6397e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cL<\/strong>ove is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louisa May Alcott<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy<\/em> (1868) Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887, p. 455; online via New York Public Library & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 Part II, chapter XL, character \u2018Beth,\u2019 speaking to \u2018Jo\u2019]\n

\u201cThey will turn to you – don\u2019t fail them; and if it\u2019s hard to work alone, remember that I don\u2019t forget you, and that you\u2019ll be happier in doing that than writing splendid books or seeing all the world; for love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy<\/span>.\u201d (p. 455)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf6397e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Little Women<\/em> (1868|1887 Roberts Bros.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/littlewomenormeg00alco3#page\/454\/mode\/2up\/search\/love+is+the+only+thing+that+we+can+carry<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e97e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cW<\/strong>hen women are the advisers, the lords of creation don\u2019t take the advice until they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it,and if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it; if it fails, they generously give her the whole.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louisa May Alcott<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy<\/em> (1868) Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887, p. 456; online via New York Public Library & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 Part II, chapter XLI \u2013 Narrator]\n

\u201cAmy\u2019s lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward; men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don\u2019t take the advice until they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it; if it fails, they generously give her the whole<\/span>.\u201d (p. 456)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: Little Women<\/em> was originally published in two parts. Earlier full editions of the novel \u2013 including the one cited here \u2013 noted on the cover that the book contained both \u201cParts I and II.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e097e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Little Women<\/em> (1868|1887 Roberts Bros.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/littlewomenormeg00alco3#page\/456\/mode\/2up\/search\/when+women+are+the+advisers<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf6397e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cW<\/strong>omen have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn\u2019t worth ruling.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louisa May Alcott<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

An Old-Fashioned Girl<\/em> (1869) Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870 edition, 264; online via Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Fiction \u2013 chapter XIII \u2013 \u2018Rebecca,\u2019 to group of girls]\n

\u201cGive her a sceptre; she would make a fine queen,\u201d answered Fanny.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, we have had enough of that; women have been called queens a long time, but the kingdom given them isn\u2019t worth ruling<\/span>,\u201d answered Rebecca. (p. 264)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The first six chapters An Old-Fashioned Girl<\/em> were initially published as a serial in Merry\u2019s Museum <\/em>magazine in July & August 1869.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf6397e8-acd7″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 An Old-Fashioned Girl <\/em>(1869|1870 Robert Bros.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/oldfashionedgirl00alco2#page\/264\/mode\/2up\/search\/women+have+been+called+queens<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

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