361:
22:
68:, Louisa's mother and Bronson's wife, is "Sister Hope". Alcott depicts her father as dominated by his more forceful partner, and both men as feckless and impractical dreamers. The men of the community spend their time in pointless debates while Sister Hope works from dawn to dusk to maintain their existence.
82:—though Timon is unhappy to learn that life among them is "all work and no play." Abel is crushed by the failure of the enterprise; after days of despair he begins to eat again only when he realizes that his family needs him. Sister Hope finds a way for them to subsist and persevere.
78:
The little community collapses as soon as the weather turns cold, when it becomes clear that their provisions are too meager to last the coming winter. Timon Lion and his son abscond to join the
71:
A crisis arises at harvest time, when the grain crop is threatened by an approaching storm. In Alcott's words, "About the time the grain was ready to house, some call of the
402:
242:
259:
608:
413:
369:
448:
360:
50:
75:
wafted all the men away." Sister Hope organizes the only available help, three little girls and a boy, and manages to save the crop.
598:
53:
in the early 1840s. The work was first published in a New York newspaper in 1873, and reprinted in 1874, 1876, and 1915 and after.
61:
21:
235:
340:
430:
603:
503:
300:
87:
228:
463:
593:
497:
324:
268:
284:
56:
In her account, Alcott provides the real people involved with thin pseudonymous disguises. Her father
188:
Nan Bowman
Albinski, "Utopia Reconsidered: Women Novelists and Nineteenth-Century Utopian Visions,"
553:
548:
538:
479:
57:
85:
Alcott's view of male arrogance and female exploitation in this piece is paralleled in her novel
570:
509:
491:
386:
251:
46:
42:
26:
332:
543:
521:
119:
Transcendental
Utopias: Individual and Community at Brook Farm, Fruitlands, and Walden
587:
453:
394:
378:
316:
308:
515:
276:
348:
458:
292:
72:
485:
65:
79:
38:
220:
155:
Silver
Pitchers, Laurel Leaves: Original Poems, Stories, and Essays
20:
205:, Boston, Harvard Common Press, 1975; and: Joan M. Jensen, ed.,
203:
Transcendental Wild Oats: And
Excerpts from the Fruitlands Diary
224:
34:
Transcendental Wild Oats: A Chapter from an
Unwritten Romance
60:
is "Abel Lamb", while his partner and community co-founder
192:, Vol. 13 No. 4 (Summer 1988); pp. 830-41; see pp. 837-8.
562:
531:
472:
441:
412:
368:
258:
133:, Vol. 25 No. 1307, 18 December 1873, pp. 1569-71.
179:"Transcendental Wild Oats," 1915 edition, p. 67.
101:has been reprinted in several modern editions.
236:
121:, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1997.
8:
209:, New York, Feminist Press, 1980; pp. 49-54.
207:With These Hands: Women Working on the Land
243:
229:
221:
45:, about her family's involvement with the
403:Lost in a Pyramid; or, The Mummy's Curse
110:
7:
25:The Alcott family farmhouse at the
14:
395:Behind A Mask or, A Woman's Power
170:, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1915.
145:, Vol. 5 No. 8, 21 February 1874.
359:
91:, published in the same year as
309:Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill
341:Jack and Jill: A Village Story
201:Including: Louisa May Alcott,
16:1873 work by Louisa May Alcott
1:
157:, Boston, William Gill, 1876.
431:The Brownie and the Princess
504:Abigail May Alcott Nieriker
301:Work: A Story of Experience
168:Bronson Alcott's Fruitlands
625:
609:Works by Louisa May Alcott
357:
599:Literary autobiographies
423:Transcendental Wild Oats
99:Transcendental Wild Oats
93:Transcendental Wild Oats
498:Elizabeth Sewall Alcott
325:A Modern Mephistopheles
269:A Long Fatal Love Chase
459:Hillside (The Wayside)
29:
285:An Old-Fashioned Girl
166:Clara Endicott, ed.,
24:
464:Thoreau–Alcott House
554:Henry David Thoreau
549:Nathaniel Hawthorne
539:Ralph Waldo Emerson
492:Anna Bronson Alcott
480:Amos Bronson Alcott
143:The Woman's Journal
58:Amos Bronson Alcott
604:1873 short stories
66:Abigail May Alcott
30:
581:
580:
510:Samuel Joseph May
387:Hospital Sketches
252:Louisa May Alcott
117:Richard Francis,
64:is "Timon Lion";
47:Transcendentalist
43:Louisa May Alcott
27:Fruitlands Museum
616:
574:(2007 biography)
363:
333:Under the Lilacs
245:
238:
231:
222:
210:
199:
193:
186:
180:
177:
171:
164:
158:
152:
146:
140:
134:
128:
122:
115:
624:
623:
619:
618:
617:
615:
614:
613:
594:Satirical works
584:
583:
582:
577:
571:Eden's Outcasts
558:
544:Margaret Fuller
527:
486:Abby May Alcott
468:
437:
408:
364:
355:
254:
249:
219:
214:
213:
200:
196:
187:
183:
178:
174:
165:
161:
153:
149:
141:
137:
131:The Independent
129:
125:
116:
112:
107:
17:
12:
11:
5:
622:
620:
612:
611:
606:
601:
596:
586:
585:
579:
578:
576:
575:
566:
564:
560:
559:
557:
556:
551:
546:
541:
535:
533:
529:
528:
526:
525:
522:William Alcott
519:
513:
507:
501:
495:
494:(older sister)
489:
483:
476:
474:
470:
469:
467:
466:
461:
456:
451:
445:
443:
439:
438:
436:
435:
427:
418:
416:
410:
409:
407:
406:
399:
391:
383:
374:
372:
366:
365:
358:
356:
354:
353:
345:
337:
329:
321:
313:
305:
297:
289:
281:
273:
264:
262:
256:
255:
250:
248:
247:
240:
233:
225:
218:
217:External links
215:
212:
211:
194:
181:
172:
159:
147:
135:
123:
109:
108:
106:
103:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
621:
610:
607:
605:
602:
600:
597:
595:
592:
591:
589:
573:
572:
568:
567:
565:
561:
555:
552:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
536:
534:
530:
523:
520:
517:
514:
511:
508:
505:
502:
499:
496:
493:
490:
487:
484:
481:
478:
477:
475:
471:
465:
462:
460:
457:
455:
454:Orchard House
452:
450:
447:
446:
444:
440:
433:
432:
428:
425:
424:
420:
419:
417:
415:
411:
404:
400:
397:
396:
392:
389:
388:
384:
381:
380:
379:Flower Fables
376:
375:
373:
371:
367:
362:
351:
350:
346:
343:
342:
338:
335:
334:
330:
327:
326:
322:
319:
318:
317:Rose in Bloom
314:
311:
310:
306:
303:
302:
298:
295:
294:
290:
287:
286:
282:
279:
278:
274:
271:
270:
266:
265:
263:
261:
257:
253:
246:
241:
239:
234:
232:
227:
226:
223:
216:
208:
204:
198:
195:
191:
185:
182:
176:
173:
169:
163:
160:
156:
151:
148:
144:
139:
136:
132:
127:
124:
120:
114:
111:
104:
102:
100:
96:
94:
90:
89:
83:
81:
76:
74:
69:
67:
63:
59:
54:
52:
48:
44:
40:
36:
35:
28:
23:
19:
569:
516:Eve LaPlante
429:
422:
421:
393:
385:
377:
347:
339:
331:
323:
315:
307:
299:
291:
283:
277:Little Women
275:
267:
206:
202:
197:
189:
184:
175:
167:
162:
154:
150:
142:
138:
130:
126:
118:
113:
98:
97:
92:
86:
84:
77:
70:
62:Charles Lane
55:
33:
32:
31:
18:
370:Short works
41:written by
37:is a prose
588:Categories
449:Fruitlands
414:Miscellany
293:Little Men
105:References
51:Fruitlands
49:community
434:(1879-87)
349:Jo's Boys
280:(1868-69)
524:(cousin)
518:(cousin)
506:(sister)
500:(sister)
488:(mother)
482:(father)
405:" (1869)
73:Oversoul
563:Related
512:(uncle)
80:Shakers
532:People
473:Family
442:Places
426:(1873)
398:(1866)
390:(1863)
382:(1854)
352:(1886)
344:(1879)
336:(1878)
328:(1877)
320:(1876)
312:(1875)
304:(1873)
296:(1871)
288:(1869)
272:(1866)
260:Novels
39:satire
190:Signs
88:Work
590::
95:.
401:"
244:e
237:t
230:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
