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02524aam a2200325 i 4500 001 1F58739EDABF11EEBE8532184BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240305010131 008 230206t20232023enk 000 e eng d 020 $a 1912559439 020 $a 9781912559435 035 $a (OCoLC)1368095417 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d SFR $d VP@ $d YDX $d QX7 $d NYP $d OCLCO $d FHP $d QGQ $d HCO $d YU6 $d SILO 050 4 $a PS1016 R67 2023 084 $a 18.06 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Alcott, Louisa May, $d 1832-1888, $e author. 245 12 $a A strange life : $b selected essays of Louisa May Alcott / $c edited and introduced by Liz Rosenberg ; preface by Jane Smiley. 246 30 $a Selected essays of Louisa May Alcott 264 1 $a Mirefoot, Kendal : $b Notting Hill Editions, $c 2023. 300 $a xxii, 145 pages ; $c 19 cm 505 0 $a Preface by Jane Smiley -- Introduction by Liz Rosenburg -- How I went out to service -- Transcendental wild oats -- from sketch of childhood -- from letters from Dinan -- from women of Brittany -- from the flood in Rome and visit from a king -- My boys -- from happy women -- Hospital sketches. 520 $a "Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is, of course, best known as the author of Little Women (1868). But she was also a noted essayist who wrote on a wide range of subjects, including her father's failed utopian commune, the benefits of an unmarried life, and her experience as a young woman sent to work in service to alleviate her family's poverty. Her first literary success was a contemporary close-up account of the American Civil War, brilliantly depicted in Hospital Sketches, which was drawn from her own experience of serving as an army nurse near the nation's capital. As with her famous novel, Alcott writes these essays with clear observation, unforgettable scenes, and one of the sharpest wits in American literature. Blending gentle satire with reportage and emotive autobiography, Alcott's exquisite essays are as exceptional as the novels she is known for. Published together for the first time, this delightful selection shows us another side to one of our most celebrated writers"-- $c Amazon. 650 0 $a American essays $y 19th century. 700 1 $a Rosenberg, Liz, $e writer of introduction. $e writer of introduction. 700 1 $a Smiley, Jane, $e writer of preface. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781912559442 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240717023656.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1F58739EDABF11EEBE8532184BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search