The Inheritance

by Louisa May Alcott

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A charming first novel handwritten by Louisa May Alcott in 1849 when only seventeen and discovered via the card catalogue of Houghton Library at Harvard University summer 1988 while researching a project to complete the narration of her life.

A wonderful discovery and worthy of reading just for the insight into a life of historical import. As Ms Alcott had penned, " I want to do something splendid... something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead... I think I shall write books."

Here is her first...
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FHC | Jun 13, 2013 |

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Georges_T._Dodds | Mar 30, 2013 |

Objectively, this novella is nothing short of atrocious. However, I love Alcott and Little Women, and that made reading this an interesting study. If you are not a die hard Alcott fan, this is definitely not a book to pick up. Reading this one is a labor of love. (

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HopingforChange | Jan 21, 2013 |

Sappy and melodramatic in the extreme, but it is a very early attempt by an author that never really grew out of the latter, if either. It still is a nice little story, with an almost Gothic feel at times. (

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MissClark | Jan 19, 2012 |

A seventeen year old Louis May Alcott demonstrates the commercial style that supported her royally. Crowd pleasing prose.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Louisa May Alcott	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Myerson, Joel	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Shealy, Daniel	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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written c. 1850, published 1998

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In a green park, where troops of bright-eyed deer lay sleeping under drooping trees and a clear lake mirrored in its bosom the flowers that grew upon its edge, there stood Lord Hamilton's stately home, half castle and half mansion.

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Written in 1849 when Louisa Alcott was only seventeen years old, this long-lost literary treasure is at last available to delight everyone who has ever read - and loved - Little women. Set in England in the last century the story is a charming romance between two lovers from different stations in life - the beautiful but impverished Edith and the noble Lord Percy. Edith's nemesis, Lady Ida, is a model villainess, who in her quest for Lord Percy's love attempts to push Edith off a boat, then off a cliff, and finally to spook the heroine's horse with Edith facing certain death. But fate is kind and Edith's fortunes take a sudden turn for the best. Lady Ida gets her comeuppance; and Edith and Lord Percy are united.… (more)