Little Women Abroad: The Alcott Sisters' Letters from Europe, 1870-1871
"These letters add to our knowledge of the Alcotts and demonstrate the artistic eye through which May Alcott saw the treasures of Europe. They also inform us about the composition ofLittle Menand, as many of Louisa's letters were incorporated intoShawl Straps, allow readers to see her at work both as a letter writer searching for literary topics and as a professional author adapting these descriptions to her published stories. Not only is this the only work of its kind about Louisa May Alcott, it is also a valuable addition to the fields of travel literature and nineteenth-century transatlantic studies."--Joel Myerson, University of South Carolina