Alcotts in Paradise
In 1843, the Alcott family spent about nine months on a farm in central Massachusetts, a utopian experiment they called Fruitlands. The failure of this project marked a turning point in their lives as a family.
Louisa May Alcott memorialized this experience in a short story called "Transcendental Wild Oats," which was originally published in the New York newspaper The Independent in 1873. The short story was heavily satirical and, though fictionalized, was clearly based on the events of her life.
Edward Rowett, a writer based in Oxford, England has adapted "Transcendental Wild Oats" into an…
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