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Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20030116
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Byline: Jenny Sawyer
Louisa is just a 10-year-old "little woman" when her idealistic father, Bronson Alcott, uproots the family and transplants them to his transcendentalist utopia: Fruitlands. Informed that a journal is the way one comes to know oneself, Louisa chronicles the family's eight-month stay. In her public journal, she subscribes to her father's ideals and tries to "be made perfect" in accord with the mission of Fruitlands. In her secret diary, she records her frustrations and provides a surprisingly astute look at her fellow Fruitlanders.
"Father sees a ...
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