I thought it was only a habit, easy to drop when I liked: B… - Louisa May Alcott

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I thought it was only a habit, easy to drop when I liked: But it is stronger than I; and sometimes I feel as if possessed of a devil that will get the better of me, try as I may

Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott (29 November 1832 – 6 March 1888) was an American novelist best remembered for her novel Little Women (1868).

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Alternative Names: A. M. Barnard • Flora Fairfield • Flora Fairchild • Louisa Alcott • Louisa M. Alcott • Louisa Mary Alcott • Tribulation Periwinkle • L.M.A.

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