Lousia May Alcott

1832 - 1888

well known American author of children's books

American author, known for her children' books, especially LITTLE WOMEN (1868). Alcott draws her material from her own family and from the New England milieu where she had grown up. Originally she begun writing 'rubbish novels', sometimes anonymously, sometimes as 'A.N. Barnard', to contribute to the family income.

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Texts

Eight Cousins
Hospital Sketches
Jo's Boys
Little Men
Little Women
Work: A Story of Experience
Rose in Bloom
Links

Louisa May Alcott -- A Louisa May Alcott resource site with her biography and complete works in full text for either download or online reading (includes "Little Women").
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