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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
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A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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