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Rose in Bloom is a novel by Louisa May Alcott published in 1876 and is a sequel to Eight Cousins. It depicts the story of a nineteenth-century girl, Rose Campbell, finding her way in society, seeking a profession in philanthropy, and finding a marriage partner.
Aunt Jane thinks that Rose should have been kept in boarding-school; Aunt Clara thinks she should be put in a finishing-school for a year and then sent into society; Aunt Myra thinks Rose will die; and Aunt Jessie agrees with Alec, who wants to improve Rose's health for a year before letting her decide with whom to live. Rose wants to adopt ...
Louisa May Alcott, 1967 cast after 1891 original, bronze cast after Frank Edwin Elwell, Foundry Roman Bronze Works, Inc.. Flower Fables also known as Queen Aster [1] was the first work published by Louisa May Alcott and appeared on December 9, 1854.
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Harriet Roosevelt Richards was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Brinckerhoff Richards and Agnes Edwards Goodwin Richards. [2] [3] Both of her parents were born in New York; her father was a mechanical engineer and a professor at Yale University. [4]
Hart was an author and his works are available free of charge on the Project Gutenberg server. He was also a member of the RepRap Project, which aims at creating a self-replicating machine. [6] Hart was involved in an early effort in 1993 to develop a free and openly accessible "Internet Encyclopedia", called "Interpedia". However, the effort ...
Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh), and raised in Oakland, California, [1] Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life.
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