31. Music by Mark Adamo; libretto by Mark Adamo, after Louisa May Alcott 's novel; Patrick Summers, conductor. 32. The adaptation of Louisa May Alcott 's 1868 novel is attracting multigenerational female moviegoers in unparalleled numbers. 33. She is the narrator, the stand-in for Louisa May Alcott , who wrote the classic American novel. 34. Louisa May Alcott is another long-gone literary icon who's enjoyed a prosperous run in the hype-driven 1990s.35. "Little Women " by Louisa May Alcott ; illustrations by Jame's Prunier ( Viking, $ 16 . 99) 36. In 1883, they purchased the house in which both Louisa May Alcott and Nathaniel Hawthorne had lived. 37. Even Louisa May Alcott , it seems, got out of the house and into the street for research. 38. Louisa May Alcott attended a meeting in Concord " full of reverence and admiration for the martyr ."39. Louisa May Alcott , " Little Women"40. She won the Newbery Medal for her 1933 biography of Louisa May Alcott , entitled " Invincible Louisa ".
