Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
- First published
- 2007
- Length
- ≈ 512 pages
- Reading time
- 13–18 hours
- ISBN
- 0393077578
Reading time assumes 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate. Edition source
What is this book about?
Eden’s Outcasts is a double biography of Louisa May Alcott, best known as the author of Little Women, and her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, a transcendentalist philosopher and founder of the Fruitlands utopian community. John Matteson, a professor of English, has said that his relationship with his own daughter inspired the book. It is notable for its sympathetic treatment of Bronson.
Source: Eden's Outcasts
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