Article Title：Utopia explored: Three recent fictionalizations of 'Fruitlands' for young readers
Abstract：
Three recent novels for children offer fictionalizations of the year that Louisa May Alcott spent at the utopian community of Fruitlands: Little Women Next Door, by Sheila Solomon Klass [New York: Holiday House, 2000]; Becoming Little Women, by Jeannine Atkins [New York: Putnam, 2001]; and Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect, by Gloria Wbelan [New York: HarperCollins, 2002]. This essay explores the strikingly different ways in which three different authors approached the project of presenting to children the inspiring but ultimately disillusioning story of a real-life dream of a utopian community that failed to come true.
Keywords: utopia; Fruitlands; Alcott
DOI: 10.1007/s10583-005-5973-0
Source：CHILDRENS LITERATURE IN EDUCATION
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