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Louisa May Alcott


Born
in Germantown, Pennsylvania, The United States
November 29, 1832

Died
March 06, 1888

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

Influences
Amos Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Johann ...more


Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 2,990,093 ratings · 102,208 reviews · 4,394 distinct works • Similar authors
Little Women (Little Women,...
4.18 avg rating — 2,554,614 ratings — published 1868 — 5508 editions
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Little Men (Little Women, #2)
3.88 avg rating — 70,432 ratings — published 1871 — 199 editions
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Małe kobietki (Małe kobietk...
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4.05 avg rating — 52,362 ratings — published 1869 — 110 editions
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Good Wives
3.98 avg rating — 52,175 ratings — published 1869 — 249 editions
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Eight Cousins (Eight Cousin...
4.01 avg rating — 40,306 ratings — published 1874 — 1465 editions
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Jo's Boys (Little Women, #3)
3.83 avg rating — 40,644 ratings — published 1886 — 1512 editions
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Rose in Bloom (Eight Cousin...
4.05 avg rating — 24,480 ratings — published 1876 — 777 editions
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An Old-Fashioned Girl
4.09 avg rating — 23,053 ratings — published 1870 — 472 editions
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Little Women / Little Men /...
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4.36 avg rating — 8,120 ratings — published 1868 — 172 editions
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4.09 avg rating — 7,024 ratings — published 1868 — 11 editions
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“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience
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“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
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“I like good strong words that mean something…”
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