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Dec 26, 2019 · Alcott had a busy career as A.M. Bernard when her publisher, Thomas Niles, suggested she write a book for girls. Originally, Alcott wasn't interested in the idea. However, Niles would only publish her father's philosophy book if Alcott would write a book, too.
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- She wrote lurid, sensational stories before Little Women. Like her heroine Jo March, Louisa May Alcott wrote, published, and supported her family with what she called “blood and thunder tales”—gothic thrillers with names like “Pauline’s Passion and Punishment” and A Long Fatal Love Chase—before turning to her autobiographical and family-savory subject material.
- Little Women draws heavily from Alcott's own life. Louisa May Alcott took inspiration from her childhood memories and family members, basing Little Women‘s Meg on her oldest sister, Anna (an actress, who met her own “John Brooke”, John Bridge Pratt, playing opposite him in local theatre production).
- Louisa May Alcott didn't initially want to write Little Women! When asked by the publisher Thomas Niles to write a book for girls, she acquiesced, writing in her journal: “Marmee, Anna, and May all approve my plan.
- She wrote Little Women in under three months. In fact, Louisa May Alcott wrote the first half—402 pages—in less than six weeks!
Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. [1][2] The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood.
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Louisa May Alcott (/ ˈ ɔː l k ə t,-k ɒ t /; November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) 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).
Sep 23, 2024 · Louisa May Alcott, American author known for her children’s books, especially the classic Little Women. Among her other notable works are Little Men, Hospital Sketches, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag, and Jo’s Boys. Learn more about Alcott’s life and literary career in this article.
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Apr 10, 2024 · The Story Of Their Lives. A Girl’s Book. It ended with John Brooke proposing marriage to Meg. In 1869, Alcott published the second half of the book. It, too, only took a few months to...
Sep 18, 2018 · When a publisher asked Alcott to write a book for girls, the already-published author procrastinated. “I think the thought of a girls’ book was stifling to her,” Rioux says. In fact,...
