Louisa May Alcott, (born November 29, 1832, Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 6, 1888, Boston, Massachusetts), American author known for her children’s books, especially the classic Little Women (1868–69).
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted many times to stage, film, and television.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. All her life she was active in such reform movements as temperance and women's suffrage.She died from a stroke, two days after her father, in Boston on March 6, 1888
The lists below can be found on this app that give some her main works:
A Garland for Girls
A Modern Cinderella; Or, The Little Old Shoe, and Other Stories by Alcott
A Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 1
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 2
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 3
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 4
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 5
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 6
Behind a Mask; or, a Womans Power
Eight Cousins
Flower Fables
Hospital Sketches
Jack and Jill
Jos Boys
Little Men Life at Plumfield With Jos Boys
Little Women
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
Louisa May Alcott Her Life, Letters, and Journals
Lulus Library, Volume 1 (of 3)
Rose in Bloom
Spinning-Wheel Stories
The Abbots Ghost, or Maurice Trehernes Temptation A Christmas Story by Alcott
The Candy Country
Under the Lilacs
Work A Story of Experience
Credits :
All of the books under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License [www.gutenberg.org]. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.
Readium is available under BSD 3-Clause license
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted many times to stage, film, and television.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. All her life she was active in such reform movements as temperance and women's suffrage.She died from a stroke, two days after her father, in Boston on March 6, 1888
The lists below can be found on this app that give some her main works:
A Garland for Girls
A Modern Cinderella; Or, The Little Old Shoe, and Other Stories by Alcott
A Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 1
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 2
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 3
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 4
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 5
Aunt Jos Scrap Bag, Volume 6
Behind a Mask; or, a Womans Power
Eight Cousins
Flower Fables
Hospital Sketches
Jack and Jill
Jos Boys
Little Men Life at Plumfield With Jos Boys
Little Women
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
Louisa May Alcott Her Life, Letters, and Journals
Lulus Library, Volume 1 (of 3)
Rose in Bloom
Spinning-Wheel Stories
The Abbots Ghost, or Maurice Trehernes Temptation A Christmas Story by Alcott
The Candy Country
Under the Lilacs
Work A Story of Experience
Credits :
All of the books under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License [www.gutenberg.org]. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.
Readium is available under BSD 3-Clause license
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