He also found four poems written by Flora Fairfield, a known pseudonym of Alcott's.
As he scrolled through digitized newspapers from the American Antiquarian Society, he found a story titled “The Phantom."
I’m interested in gathering more of it.”When first contacted by Chapnick about the writings, Gregory Eiselein, president of the Louisa May Alcott Society, said he was curious but skeptical.
This isn't the first time that scholars have found stories written by Alcott under a pseudonym.
In the 1940s, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern found thrillers written under the name A. M. Barnard was an Alcott pseudonym.
Persons:
Max Chapnick, Louisa May Alcott, Gould, Charles Dickens, Flora, Alcott's, “, she’s, she’s hustling, ” Chapnick, ” Alcott, ”, — Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy —, Greta Gerwig, Chapnick, Alcott, Gould —, I’m, Gregory Eiselein, I’ve, Louisa Alcott, ” Eiselein, Anne Phillips, “ Alcott, ” There’s, Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine Stern, Barnard, didn’t, We’re, ” Elizabeth Pope, “ We’re
Organizations:
“, Northeastern University, American Antiquarian Society, “ Little, Boston Public Library, Louisa May Alcott Society, Kansas State University, Kansas State, American
Locations:
WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Concord , Massachusetts, Flora Fairfield, Worcester, Olive