Eden's Outcasts

The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2008-11-17
Mått:140 x 211 x 33 mm
Vikt:416 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:512
Förlag:WW Norton & Co
ISBN:9780393333596
Utmärkelser:Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2008

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John Matteson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Eden’s Outcasts and the Ann M. Sperber Prize for The Lives of Margaret Fuller. A Distinguished Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, he lives in the Bronx.

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"Matteson…tells his story so clearly and attractively that no previous acquaintance with the remarkable Alcott clan and their various, equally remarkable friends is needed to relish their world as he re-creates it. Vividly, affectingly, Matteson describes one family’s struggle to live their lives with meaning, without taint or exploitation."