The Rays [manuscript], ca. 1860-1880.

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The Rays [manuscript], ca. 1860-1880.

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An anonymous domestic, moral tale for young people about the Ray family and its five children is set in a small village in [Pennsylvania?] and shows the influence of Louisa May Alcott. Numerous misspelled words indicate the writer was not well educated. Second version is pasted on pages of the first. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings at beginnings and ends of chapters. Hand sewn binding.

77 pages.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the for her novel Little Women (1868) and the sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Born in Germantown (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May. Like her famous literary counterpart, Jo March, she was the second of four daughters. The eldest, Anna Bronson (Al...