Lost Ladies Letter No. 1
Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
Dear Friends & Listeners,
Now that the first two episodes of Lost Ladies of Lit podcast are live, we’re excited to send out our first newsletter, too.
In last week’s mini episode, “We Went, We Saw, We Concord,” we reminisced on the massive literary vibes of one of our favorite places, Concord, Mass., where Louisa May Alcott’s home still stands.
While researching that episode, we discovered that, though many of our favorite authors’ homes are closed to the public right now, there are actually quite a few you can still visit from your home. Amy put together a list:
Edith Wharton’s The Mount
The Brontes’ Parsonage Museum
Jane Austen’s Chawton Cottage and Chawton House (The “Great House”)
Emily Dickinson’s The Homestead
Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
Virginia Woolf’s Monk’s House
Willa Cather’s childhood home
If you’re planning to read along with us, our next episode is on E.M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial Lady, a hilarious and wonderful 1930s novel that we feel must have inspired Bridget Jones’s Diary author Helen Fielding.
Let us know what you think of our first two episodes!
Gratefully yours,
Amy & Kim
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