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** The protagonist of her first, long-unpublished novel ''The Inheritance'' is an orphan who was saved from an orphanage by a wealthy man who brought her to his home to be a companion to his daughter. [[spoiler:She later learns that the wealthy man was actually her uncle and that he saved her from the orphanage at the request of her father, but he never told anyone because Edith was the product of an affair between her father and a servant, the revelation of which would have been a massive scandal.]]
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** The protagonist of her first, long-unpublished novel ''The Inheritance'' is an orphan who was saved from an orphanage by a wealthy man who brought her to his home to be a companion to his daughter. [[spoiler:She later learns that the wealthy man was actually her uncle and that he saved her from the orphanage at the request of her his brother/Edith's father, but he never told anyone because Edith was the product of an affair between her father and a servant, the revelation of which so to reveal Edith's parentage would have been caused a massive scandal.]]
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** The protagonist of her first, long-unpublished novel ''The Inheritance'' is an orphan who was saved from an orphanage by a wealthy man who brought her to his home to be a companion to his daughter. [[spoiler:She later learns that the wealthy man was actually her uncle and that he saved her from the orphanage at the request of her father, but he never told anyone because Edith was the product of an affair between her father and a servant, the revelation of which would have been a massive scandal.]]
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* AnAesop: As noted above, Alcott was both a feminist and an abolitionist. Many of her works particularly advocate feminism; for example, the page quote from ''An Old-Fashioned Girl'' is uttered by a woman who is attempting to use her artistic talent to advance the cause of women's rights.
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* ‘’Literature/An Old Fashioned Girl’’
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In adulthood, Alcott was both a feminist and an abolitionist. She was part of a group of female authors during the Gilded Age, who addressed women's issues through their work. She served as a nurse during the American Civil War, suffering from typhoid fever during the experience, and it believed that she may also have had lupus. She continued to write until her death at the age of 55, and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery on the hillside known as "Author's Ridge."
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In adulthood, Alcott was both a feminist and an abolitionist. She was part of a group of female authors during the Gilded Age, who addressed women's issues through their work. She served as a nurse during the American Civil War, suffering from typhoid fever during the experience, and it is believed that she may also have had lupus. She continued to write until her death at the age of 55, and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery on the hillside known as "Author's Ridge."
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* TrollingCreator: Alcott regularly mocked the shippers among her fans both within the novels and in her real-world communications, and admitted to having Jo marry Professor Bhaer in ''Literature/LittleWomen'' solely to annoy the Jo/Laurie shippers.
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* AntiHero: In ''Behind A Mask, or, A Woman's Power'', Jean Muir may be a schemer and a liar who deliberately manipulates every single person in the noble household that's hired her as a governess, but she's not a ruthless villain, just a woman who's had a very hard life and wants to stop having to struggle. [[spoiler: After she snags the hand of Lord Coventry, which was what she was gunning for, she quite sincerely promises to be a good wife and take care of him.]]
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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was a 19th century American novelist, best known for having penned ''Literature/LittleWomen'' and its sequels. Raised by transcendentalist parents in New England, she was well-acquainted with many other intellectuals of her time such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The events of ''Little Women'' were [[RealLifeWritesThePlot heavily inspired by her own life]]; Jo March, the protagonist, is based on Alcott herself.
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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was a 19th century American novelist, best known for having penned ''Literature/LittleWomen'' and its sequels. Raised by transcendentalist parents in New England, she was well-acquainted with many other intellectuals of her time such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The events of ''Little Women'' were [[RealLifeWritesThePlot heavily inspired by her own life]]; Jo March, the protagonist, is based on Alcott herself.
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* PrettyInMink: In the short story "A Christmas Dream" a rich girl, Effie, is taught a way to be charitable on Christmas by an angel covered with white fur. Her mother [[spoiler:helps her recreate the dream, including buying Effie a white fur coat, to be like the angel herself]].
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* PrettyInMink: In the short story "A Christmas Dream" a rich girl, Effie, is taught a way to be charitable on Christmas by an angel covered with white fur. fur, who throws a party for poor girls to have a good Christmas. Her mother [[spoiler:helps her recreate decides to [[spoiler:recreate the dream, dream party, including buying Effie a white fur coat, to be like the angel herself]].
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Alcott is usually today held to be AmbiguouslyGay; she never married, was a tomboy in an age when that was not accepted, and wrote in at least one private letter that she has fallen in love with a lot of girls but no men.
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* HeartwarmingOrphan/OrphansOrdeal: Often seen in the short stories, such as the title character of ''The Quiet Little Woman'', as well as a few of her novel protagonists.
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* HeartwarmingOrphan/OrphansOrdeal: HeartwarmingOrphan[=/=]OrphansOrdeal: Often seen in the short stories, such as the title character of ''The Quiet Little Woman'', as well as a few of her novel protagonists.
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* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Played with in one of her short stories.
* HeartwarmingOrphan/OrphansOrdeal: Often.
* HollywoodNewEngland: Where all of the stories take place.
* LastMinuteHookup: Seen in ''An Old-Fashioned Girl''.
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* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Played with in one of her short stories.
stories, ''The Children's Joke,'' in which the parents and children switch places for a day. Being subjected to this punishment by his son makes the father realize for the first time just how unpleasant it really is.
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* HollywoodNewEngland: Where all of the stories takeplace.
place; Alcott spent the majority of her life in New England and crafted a somewhat idealized version of it as the background for her writing.
* LastMinuteHookup: Seen in ''An Old-FashionedGirl''.Girl'', where most of the last two pages are dedicated to tying up the romantic loose ends.
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* SuetifulAllAlong: Jean Muir of ''Behind a Mask'' has been accused of this.
* WidowsWeeds: Seen and mentioned in a few stories.
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->''"Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling."''
-->--From her novel ''An Old-Fashioned Girl''
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was a 19th century American novelist, best known for having penned ''Literature/LittleWomen'' and its sequels. Raised by transcendentalist parents in New England, she was well-acquainted with many other intellectuals of her time such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The events of ''Little Women'' were [[RealLifeWritesThePlot heavily inspired by her own life]]; Jo March, the protagonist, is based on Alcott herself.
In adulthood, Alcott was both a feminist and an abolitionist. She was part of a group of female authors during the Gilded Age, who addressed women's issues through their work. She served as a nurse during the American Civil War, suffering from typhoid fever during the experience, and it believed that she may also have had lupus. She continued to write until her death at the age of 55, and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery on the hillside known as "Author's Ridge."
!!Works by Louisa May Alcott with their own trope pages include:
* ''Literature/LittleWomen''
* ''Literature/EightCousins''
!! Other works by Louisa May Alcott provide examples of:
* AnAesop
* CountryMouse: The main plot of ''An Old-Fashioned Girl'' is that country girl Polly visits her wealthy city friend Fanny and feels like a FishOutOfWater.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Played with in one of her short stories.
* HeartwarmingOrphan/OrphansOrdeal: Often.
* HollywoodNewEngland: Where all of the stories take place.
* LastMinuteHookup: Seen in ''An Old-Fashioned Girl''.
* OlderThanRadio
* SuetifulAllAlong: Jean Muir of ''Behind a Mask'' has been accused of this.
* WidowsWeeds: Seen and mentioned in a few stories.
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->''"Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling."''
-->--From her novel ''An Old-Fashioned Girl''
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was a 19th century American novelist, best known for having penned ''Literature/LittleWomen'' and its sequels. Raised by transcendentalist parents in New England, she was well-acquainted with many other intellectuals of her time such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The events of ''Little Women'' were [[RealLifeWritesThePlot heavily inspired by her own life]]; Jo March, the protagonist, is based on Alcott herself.
In adulthood, Alcott was both a feminist and an abolitionist. She was part of a group of female authors during the Gilded Age, who addressed women's issues through their work. She served as a nurse during the American Civil War, suffering from typhoid fever during the experience, and it believed that she may also have had lupus. She continued to write until her death at the age of 55, and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery on the hillside known as "Author's Ridge."
!!Works by Louisa May Alcott with their own trope pages include:
* ''Literature/LittleWomen''
* ''Literature/EightCousins''
!! Other works by Louisa May Alcott provide examples of:
* AnAesop
* CountryMouse: The main plot of ''An Old-Fashioned Girl'' is that country girl Polly visits her wealthy city friend Fanny and feels like a FishOutOfWater.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Played with in one of her short stories.
* HeartwarmingOrphan/OrphansOrdeal: Often.
* HollywoodNewEngland: Where all of the stories take place.
* LastMinuteHookup: Seen in ''An Old-Fashioned Girl''.
* OlderThanRadio
* SuetifulAllAlong: Jean Muir of ''Behind a Mask'' has been accused of this.
* WidowsWeeds: Seen and mentioned in a few stories.
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