CONTENTS
Reading edition
Introduction xiii
I. A New Eden 1
II. The Founding of Fruitlands 21
II. Brook Farm and Fruitlands 35
IV. The Man with the Beard 53
V. Summer Sunshine 68
VI. Father Hecker’s Description of Fruitlands 75
VII. Anna Alcott’s Diary at Fruitlands 86
VIII. Louisa May Alcott’s Diary at Fruitlands 106
IX. Autumn Disappointment 112
X. In After Years 130
XI. Transcendental Wild Oats. By Louisa May Alcott 145
Appendix: Catalogue of the Original Fruitlands Library 175
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