roblem: In at least 200 words, answer the following question about these excerpts:
What characteristics do these two excerpts share that the general reading public would have found appealing? (Remember, there was no electronic media, so entertainment was either live music, storytelling, or reading at this point in human history).
Read the excerpts from Louisa May Alcott and from Prentiss Ingraham. Also reference the handout entitled, "The Novel of Sentiment versus the Dime Novel." Refer to both stories and quote directly from at least one of them. Give the page number and the author's name at the end of the quote, like this: "Quote" (Alcott 5), or (Ingraham 37).