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Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

2008•7.0/10
Documentary

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7.0/10(1)

Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women," leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s.

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Elizabeth Marvel

Elizabeth Marvel

Louisa May Alcott

Daniel Gerroll

Daniel Gerroll

Bronson Alcott

Emily Sarah Stikeman

Louisa May Alcott

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

Ednah Cheney

Dossy Peabody

Dossy Peabody

Abigail Alcott

Molly Schreiber

Molly Schreiber

Teen Louisa

Marianna Bassham

May Alcott

Maggie Quigley

Child May Alcott

Linda Amendola

Anna Alcott

Ellen Adair

Ellen Adair

Teen Anna Alcott

Ken Cheeseman

Ken Cheeseman

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beno Chapman

Henry David Thoreau

Peter Haydu

Peter Haydu

Charles Lane

Michael Philip

Michael Philip

John Suhre

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