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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the Louisa May Alcott novel, Jack and Jill, is available here, formatted for online reading.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Louisa Alcott (1832-1888 CE) is said to be a prolific author of books for American girls and is best remembered for Little Women. This site provides a short biography of her.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Louisa May Alcot an Old Fashioned Girl

For Students 9th - 10th
This full text of Louisa May Alcott's An Old Fashioned Girl tells the story of Polly, the old-fashioned girl, who rides to the city on a load of furniture in a farmer's cart. She goes to Boston where she wants to work as a music teacher...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Louisa May Alcott Good Wives

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of Louisa May Alcott's Good Wives, which continues the story of Meg March from Little Women.
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Fun Trivia

Fun Trivia: Louisa May Alcott Trivia Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shares a collection of quizzes to assess the writings of Louisa May Alcott.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "Under the Lilacs" by Louisa May Alcott about a young runaway boy who finds friends in a small town.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the novel "An Old-fashioned Girl" by Louisa May Alcott about a young country girl who visits her wealthy friend in the city and feels out of place.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Baron's Gloves; Or, Amy's Romance by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "Baron's Gloves; or, Amy's Romance" by Louisa May Alcott. Follow two young women traveling Europe for educational purposes, yet they yearn for romance and adventure.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "What the Bells Saw and Said" by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Louisa May Alcott gives her views on issues affecting the nation by using six bells to each portray a different topic. Read the full text of "What the Bells Saw and Said" on this site.
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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Literature: Louisa May Alcott

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery person, Louisa May...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Little Women: Becoming a Writer

For Students 6th - 9th
Explore the conflict between Jo March and her father over writing for money, in this video excerpt [1:36] from Little Women, Masterpiece. Like Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, Jo is an aspiring writer. When she receives a...
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Other

Orchard House: Home of L. M. Alcott & Family

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the historic home of Louisa May Alcott and her family. From the homepage click on 'Alcotts and Orchard House' and you can find biographical information Louisa May and each of her family members. For...
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
The sequel to Little Men, Jo's Boys is presented here. Multiple digital formats of the full text are available.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of many of Alcott's famous works, a brief biography and a portrait are offered here. The most unusual feature is the ability to annotate the works as you read. Great for notetaking, adding marginalia, raising questions,...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Kitty's Class Day" by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Kitty's Class Day" by Louisa May Alcott. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "My Red Cap" by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "My Red Cap" by Louisa May Alcott. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "On Picket Duty" by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "On Picket Duty" by Louisa May Alcott. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Psyche's Art" by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Psyche's Art" by Louisa May Alcott. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Unpublished Louisa May Alcott Novel

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text of an interview with Joel Myerson, a professor of English at the University of South Carolina, who has proclaimed to have discovered an unpublished novel of Louisa May Alcott's called "The Inheritance".
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Other

Alcotts and Orchard House

For Students 9th - 10th
Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, is now a museum but was once the home of Bronson Alcott and Louisa May Alcott. From this site you can access a virtual tour of Orchard House.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: November 29: Bronson Alcott & Father

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Library of Congress "Today in History" website, this page provides biographical details about Louisa May Alcott and her family. The second section discusses her father, Bronson Alcott, and gives details about his ideas, the...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Louisa May Alcott: Four Complete Texts Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete online text of Louisa May Alcott's novels "Good Wives," "Eight Cousins," "Little Women," and "An Old Fashioned Girl." Follow the drop down link to Louisa M. Alcott to access these complete texts.
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Penn: Hospital Sketches by l.m. Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-known writer Louisa May Alcott published her experiences as a hospital nurse in Boston in 1863. The complete text is offered here, but no accompanying commentary or interpretation.