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A long lost letter reveals her secret inheritance, nothing less than the english estate on which she is a paid. Louisa may alcott biography work 2272 louisa may alcott was an american novelist, best known for the novel little women, which she wrote in 1868. Louisa may alcott biography and list of works louisa may alcott books. Publication date 1997 topics orphans fiction, england fiction publisher dutton books. She was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator amos bronson alcott and social worker abby may and the second of four daughters. Little women, good wives, little men, jos boys, an oldfashioned girl, eight cousins, rose in bloom annotated 7 great books in one by. Alcotts enchanting debut novel written in 1849, when louisa may alcott was just seventeen years old, the inheritance is the captivating tale of edith adelon, an impoverished italian orphan who innocently wields the charms of virtue, beauty, and loyalty to win her true birthright. Read or download 1006 free books by louisa may alcott.
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