PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Click Here to download full episode George Cukor’s elegant 1933 production is among the best adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s evergreen classic about the lives and loves of the March sisters (Katharine Hepburn, Frances Dee, Joan Bennett, Jean Parker). Douglass Montgomery, Edna May Oliver and Paul Lukas co-star. In the interest of full disclosure, none of [...]
Book Nut (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
And, to finish the week, I give you the very first quote I put up on my blog under "bookish thoughts" (and still a Laini's Ladies I'd like to get): She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain." -- Louisa May Alcott.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
The Spotlight Youth Theatre is presenting the Broadway musical Little Women, based on the 19th century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Radar (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
The Stand Ins - Okkervil River" width="102" height="110" align="left" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /> If today's indie rock were the Louisa May Alcott classic Little Women—and, let's face it, it totally is—then Okkervil River would be Beth, the forgotten middle sister solemnly dedicated to the betterment of the world and doomed to die of
Lamentations on Chemistry (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
August 30, 2008, Arrow Rock, Missouri. Like most boys, I failed to read Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women. Okay, to be fair, a slight elaboration is needed. I failed to summon the interest in reading it. So imagine my surprise when I learned that we were going to drive 744 miles (one way) to see a [...]
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Dr. Elizabeth Hunt's program of simulation training prepares Hopkins medical teams to better handle emergencies I n the office of Dr. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hunt, words attributed to Louisa May Alcott hang on the wall: "I am not afraid of storms for I have learned how to sail my ship."
Metroblogging Seattle (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
- Louisa May Alcott • I heard an interview with David Carr, on NPR, over the weekend, but somehow missed the title of his book. It’s been driving me crazy. Fortunately, our local lit scene is on the job: Elliott Bay Books, the Seattle Public Library, and The Stranger have conspired to bring Mr. Carr to [...]
boogaj (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
How long has it been since you read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott? I hadn't read it since I was a little girl, but it was every bit as good -- maybe even better -- reading it as an...
No Good for Me (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery / Little Women by Louisa May Alcott I am torn between The Little Prince and Little Women being my favorite children's book of all time, so I'm just going to give them both...
Book Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Louisa May Alcott perhaps best known for her novel Little Women (or the various film adaptations of it), which Alcott referred to as her “moral pap for the young,” much to my surprise had also written a good amount of other works. When I stumbled across A Long Fatal Love Chase at the library book [...]
U Krakovianki (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
I almost feel like one of those faithful bloggers when I get my reading list posted on the first of the month. But we know better, don't we? Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott -- (audiobook) (reread) It has been many years since I last read this book and I wasn't as impressed as I was the first time. If this were a modern book, it would be classified as "YA," although the teens in the book are referred...
A Garden Carried in the Pocket (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Matteson, John. Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father . 6 words: An excellent and thorough Alcott biography . Informative, fair, well-documented, well-written! Matteson has written a highly readable biography that is both scholarly and conversational. I had no idea this much material was available, but all of the Alcotts kept journals and these personal writings alone would...
Piece Of Mind (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Edward Abbey was fired as editor of the University of New Mexico’s literary magazine, The Thunderbird, after printing the following Denis Diderot quote: Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. He attributed it to Louisa May Alcott. I don't know if the firing was due [...]
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
OVER the years, Lip Service - Manchester comedy duo Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding - have been inspired by everything from Oscar Wilde to Louisa May Alcott.
ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
"Love is a great beautifier."
