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Louisa May Alcott, née le 29 novembre 1832 à Germantown en Pennsylvanie, et morte le 6 mars 1888 à Boston, est une romancière américaine, connue surtout pour son roman Les Quatre Filles du docteur March . Wikipedia  

✵ 29. novembre 1832 – 6. mars 1888  •  Autres noms Լուիզա Մեյ Օլքոթ
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Louisa May Alcott: Citations en anglais

“Be worthy love, and love will come.”

Louisa May Alcott livre Little Women

Source: Little Women

“Conceit spoils the finest genius.”

Louisa May Alcott livre Little Women

Source: Little Women

“Better lose your life than your soul…”

Louisa May Alcott livre Jo's Boys

Source: Jo's Boys

“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents”

Louisa May Alcott livre Little Women

Source: Little Women (1868), Ch. 1 : Playing Pilgrims, First lines
Contexte: "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.
"We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.
The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.

“A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.”

Louisa May Alcott livre An Old-Fashioned Girl

Source: An Old-Fashioned Girl

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”

Louisa May Alcott livre Little Women

Source: Little Women (1868), Ch. 40 : The Valley Of The Shadow
Source: Little Women Book Two Book: Good Wives

“Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.”

Louisa May Alcott

Source: Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott

“I could have been a great many things.”

Louisa May Alcott livre Little Women

Variante: I should have been a great many things, Mr Mayor
Source: Little Women

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