Alcott

[ awl-kuht, -kot ]

noun

1. (Amos) Bron·son [bron, -s, uh, n], 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
2. his daughter Louisa May, 1832–88, U.S. author.
3. a male given name.

Alcott

/ ˈɔːlkət /

noun

1. AlcottLouisa May18321888FUSWRITING: novelist Louisa May. 1832–88, US novelist, noted for her children's books, esp Little Women (1869)

Example Sentences

In 2021, Alcott won the “golden slam” — all four Grand Slam tournaments plus the Olympics gold medal — as did the top women’s player, Diede de Groot of the Netherlands, who is 25.

From FiveThirtyEight

I'm reminded here of Louisa May Alcott's story about the children who put beans up their noses.

From The Daily Beast

Her “conversations,” intimate talks based on literature, which Emerson and Bronson Alcott also gave, were apparently brilliant.

From The Daily Beast

That honor must surely go to the death of Beth in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.

From The Daily Beast

Susan Cheever is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, most recently Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography.

From The Daily Beast

Her style is somewhat of a reminder of that of Louisa M. Alcott, but thoroughly up-to-date in plot and action.

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, yes, and mother, they must go to Concord where Louisa Alcott lived.

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Of no author can it be more truly said than of Louisa Alcott that her works are a revelation of herself.

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It is therefore impossible to understand Miss Alcott's works fully without a knowledge of her own life and experiences.

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Miss Alcott wished to have most of her letters destroyed, and her sister respected her wishes.

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