Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Autor/a de Little Women
Sobre l'autor
Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832. Two years later, she moved with her family to Boston and in 1840 to Concord, which was to remain her family home for the rest of her life. Her father, Bronson Alcott, was a transcendentalist and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry mostra'n més David Thoreau. Alcott early realized that her father could not be counted on as sole support of his family, and so she sacrificed much of her own pleasure to earn money by sewing, teaching, and churning out potboilers. Her reputation was established with Hospital Sketches (1863), which was an account of her work as a volunteer nurse in Washington, D.C. Alcott's first works were written for children, including her best-known Little Women (1868--69) and Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (1871). Moods (1864), a "passionate conflict," was written for adults. Alcott's writing eventually became the family's main source of income. Throughout her life, Alcott continued to produce highly popular and idealistic literature for children. An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Eight Cousins (1875), Rose in Bloom (1876), Under the Lilacs (1878), and Jack and Jill (1881) enjoyed wide popularity. At the same time, her adult fiction, such as the autobiographical novel Work: A Story of Experience (1873) and A Modern Mephistopheles (1877), a story based on the Faust legend, shows her deeper concern with such social issues as education, prison reform, and women's suffrage. She realistically depicts the problems of adolescents and working women, the difficulties of relationships between men and women, and the values of the single woman's life. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Louisa May Alcott
The Quiet Little Woman, Tilly's Christmas, Rosa's Tale: Three Enchanting Christmas Stories (1999) 813 exemplars
Little Women (150th Anniversary Edition): With Foreword and 200 Original Illustrations (2019) 713 exemplars
Louisa May Alcott: An Intimate Anthology (New York Public Library Collector's Editions) (1997) 162 exemplars
Little Women, Little Men, Under the Lilacs, Eight Cousins, Jack & Jill, Jo's Boys (1950) 107 exemplars
The Best of Louisa May Alcott: A Charming Illustrated Collection of Little Women, Little Men, and 24 Short Stories (1994) 102 exemplars
Transcendental Wild Oats: And Excerpts from the Fruitlands Diary (Avenel Readers Library Series) (1975) 100 exemplars
Little Women: From the Original Publisher 91 exemplars
A Vintage Christmas: A Collection of Classic Stories and Poems (2018) — Col·laborador — 57 exemplars
Little Women (Sterling Classics) 43 exemplars
Little Women: The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters’ Letters and Manuscripts, Written and Folded by Hand (2021) — Autor — 40 exemplars
The Hidden Louisa May Alcott: A Collection of Her Unknown Thrillers: Two Volumes in One (1984) 40 exemplars
The Girlhood Diary of Louisa May Alcott, 1843-1846: Writings of a Young Author (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs) (2001) 38 exemplars
A Louisa May Alcott Christmas Book and Charm: Selected Holiday Stories and Poems (Charming Classics) (2004) 30 exemplars
Little Women (Puffin in Bloom) 29 exemplars
Louisa May Alcott Collection 39 Works: Little Women Series (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys), An… (2013) 24 exemplars
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150 Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good… (2015) 19 exemplars
American Classics for Children: Little Women / Pollyanna / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (2003) 18 exemplars
Little Women: Little Women Series, Book 1 16 exemplars
Favourite Stories of Courageous Girls: inspiring heroines from classic children's books (2019) 13 exemplars
Works of Louisa May Alcott. (35 Works) Includes Little Women, Little Men, A Country Christmas and more (2007) 10 exemplars
Louisa Alcott Collection: 39 Works 8 exemplars
Anne of Green Gables / Sense and Sensibility / Little Women / Pride Prejudice / Jane Eyre / Emma / The Secret Garden /… (2002) 8 exemplars
The Sketches of Louisa May Alcott (Ironweed American Classics) (Ironwood American Classics) (2001) 8 exemplars
The Little Women 4 Books Collection Box Set By Louisa May Alcott (Little Women, Good Wives, Jo's Boys & Little Men) (2022) 7 exemplars
Eight Cousins/Good Wives/Jo's Boys/Little Men/Little Women/An Old-Fashioned Girl/Rose in Bloom (2013) 6 exemplars
Little Women, (150th Anniversary Edition) Original Illustrations: (Little Women and Good Wives) (2020) 6 exemplars
Little Women: Abridged (Puffin Classics) 6 exemplars
Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins, Jo's Boys, Jack & Jill, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Rose in Bloom (1946) 5 exemplars
An Alcott Christmas Collection: A Christmas Dream, A Country Christmas, Excerpts from Little Women, & More (2020) 5 exemplars
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives,… (2007) 5 exemplars
LITTLE WOMEN Easton Press 4 exemplars
Mujercitas para niños (Clasicos Para Ninos / Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2002) 4 exemplars
Louisa May Alcott: Complete Collection Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated)… (2014) 4 exemplars
The Ultimate Christmas Collection: 150 authors & 400 Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends 4 exemplars
Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More (Xist Classics) (2015) 4 exemplars
Doctor Dorn's Revenge {short story} 3 exemplars
Louisa May Alcott Family Favorites Collection: 5-Book Boxed Set with Postcards & Journal (2021) 3 exemplars
Little Women / The Last of the Mohicans / The Red Badge of Courage / Oliver Twist / Captains Courageous / The Call of… — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
The Ultimate Christmas Collection: 150+ authors & 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends 3 exemplars
Little Women (Classics Starts) 3 exemplars
A Sprig of Andromeda 3 exemplars
Charming Novels of Classic Heroines : Pollyanna, The Secret Garden, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, and Rebecca of… (2017) 3 exemplars
Little Women (Unabridged Classics) 2 exemplars
Illustrated Classic Editions: Little Women 2 exemplars
Mulherzinhas - Little Women - Romance No Qual Foi Baseado O Filme Adoráveis Mulheres - 9ª Ed. (2009) 2 exemplars
Hombrecitos para niños (Clasicos Para Ninos Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2019) 2 exemplars
Book Study: Little Men 2 exemplars
50 Masterpieces you have to read 2 exemplars
The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories: Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain And… (2023) 2 exemplars
Little Women Louisa M. Alcott 1915 Hardback 2 exemplars
Civil War Memoirs of Louisa May Alcott (Unabridged): Including Letters, Hospital Sketches & Biography of the Author -… (2015) 2 exemplars
The Louisa Alcott story book 2 exemplars
Black Beauty (Whitman Classics Library) 2 exemplars
Onder moeders vleugels / Op eigen wieken 2 exemplars
Tant Hannas gossar 2 exemplars
Маленькие женщины (Russian Edition) 2 exemplars
The Little Women Collection Box Set (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys) (2019) 2 exemplars
Otra mujercita LUISA M. ALCOTT 1 exemplars
Aquelas mulherzinhas 1 exemplars
Little Women or Meg, Beth, and Amy 1 exemplars
Mutevoli umori 1 exemplars
Flower Fables/Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe 1 exemplars
Double Life, A 1 exemplars
Una ragazza vecchio stampo 1 exemplars
Marmee's Surprise 1 exemplars
UNDER The LILACS. Beacon Hill Bookshelf Series. 1 exemplars
Bellas historias 1 exemplars
Little women from the novel 1 exemplars
The Louisa May Alcott Hidden Gems Collection (Boxed Set): Eight Cousins; Rose in Bloom; An Old-Fashioned Girl; Under… (2023) 1 exemplars
Louisa Mary Alcott, Little Women. Betty und ihre Schwestern - Erster und zweiter Teil. Schmuckausgabe mit… (2023) 1 exemplars
[Classic Starts®: Little Women (Classic Starts® Series)] [By: Alcott, Louisa May] [March, 2005] 1 exemplars
Los hombrecitos entrometidos 1 exemplars
hidden Louisa may alcott 1 exemplars
Little Women 1 exemplars
نساء صغيرات #1 1 exemplars
138. Mulherzinhas 1 exemplars
Louisa May Alcott 5 pack: Eight Cousins, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, Little Men, Jo's Boys 1 exemplars
El espectro del abad 1 exemplars
Los primos 1 exemplars
Rosa en Flor 1 exemplars
Юные жены (Азбука-классика) (Russian Edition) 1 exemplars
The Abbot’s Ghost 1 exemplars
Lettys Landstryger og andre Fortællinger 1 exemplars
Jo's Boys (Bancroft Classics) 1 exemplars
Piccole donne 1 exemplars
KUCUK KADINLAR 1 exemplars
Good Wives/Jo's Boys 1 exemplars
Un sogno di Natale, e come si avverò 1 exemplars
Piccole donne (Storie senza tempo) 1 exemplars
Mujercitas (Spanish Edition) 1 exemplars
A Christmas Dream Comes True 1 exemplars
Sylvia En Haar Luimen 1 exemplars
Fijne Handschoenen 1 exemplars
Een neef en vijf nichtjes 1 exemplars
Meisjes omnibus : Heidi - De vier zusjes March 1 exemplars
True Friends 1 exemplars
Little Men: Thanksgiving [1998 TV episode] — Autor — 1 exemplars
Ruthie Rides the Trolley 1 exemplars
Cac Cau Be Cua Jo 1 exemplars
Little Women Focus on the Family 1 exemplars
Eight Cousins (Unabridged) 1 exemplars
Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, Under the Lilacs, Eight Cousins, Jack and Jill. Six Volume Set. 1 exemplars
Le piccole donne crescono. 1 exemplars
Sireenien alla 1 exemplars
Lost in a London Fog 1 exemplars
Piccole donne Cranford collection 1 exemplars
The Read-Aloud Treasury Vol. 2 - More Classics 1 exemplars
Little Women. (1868) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ( INCLUDE: An Old-Fashioned Girl. (1870) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ) (2016) 1 exemplars
A Strange Island 1 exemplars
A Song for A Christmas Tree 1 exemplars
Väikeste naiste abielud #1.5 1 exemplars
Four Stories 1 exemplars
25 Favorite Children's Books 1 exemplars
Little Women-1963 1 exemplars
Alcott, Louisa May Archive 1 exemplars
Mulherzinhas v.1 1 exemplars
Mulherzinhas v. 2 1 exemplars
The Occult Fiction Collection 1 exemplars
Cousin Tribulation's Story 1 exemplars
Piccole Donne a fumetti 1 exemplars
Flower fables ; and, Hospital sketches 1 exemplars
Short Stories Collection 1 exemplars
Rainbow classics 1 exemplars
Rosy's Journey 1 exemplars
Lesser Known Novels of Louisa May Alcott 1 exemplars
Little Women; A Simplified Version 1 exemplars
Morning Glories and Queen Aster 1 exemplars
Louisa M. Alcott. Adaptation de R. et A. Prophétie. Illustrations de Guy Sabran. Petites bonnes femmes : Les… (1950) 1 exemplars
Classic American Fiction: 22 books by Louisa May Alcott in a single file, improved 12/10/2010 (2009) 1 exemplars
Little Women Classic Reader Level 4 1 exemplars
Little Gulliver {short story} 1 exemplars
Chase #, Good Wives, Unmasked # 1 exemplars
An Hour 1 exemplars
The Uncollected Works of Louisa May Alcott, Volume One: Short Stories (Ironweed American Classics) (How-To Series) (2001) 1 exemplars
Flower Fables & A Christmas Carol 1 exemplars
Little Women [adapted - Sadler] — Autor — 1 exemplars
How It All Happened 1 exemplars
Småfrøknene gifter seg 1 exemplars
Christmas Reading: 400 Christmas Novels Stories Poems Carols Legends (Illustrated Edition) 1 exemplars
Little Men 1 exemplars
Little Women 1 exemplars
Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt Hill 1 exemplars
Little Men 1 exemplars
Good Wives 1 exemplars
Little Women [dramatization] 1 exemplars
Piccole donne - I quattro libri 1 exemplars
PICCOLE DONNE CRESCONO 1 exemplars
En ädel qvinna 1 exemplars
Will's Wonder Book 1 exemplars
Water Cresses 1 exemplars
Meadow Blossoms 1 exemplars
Våra vänner från i fjor eller Systrarne Marchs senare lefnadsöden fortsättning och slut… 1 exemplars
Flower fables ; Hospital sketches 1 exemplars
Little Women ... Illustrated ... by S. Van Abbe 1 exemplars
Green Apple - Life Skills 1 exemplars
The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols 1 exemplars
Usborne Young Reading Little Women 1 exemplars
Småfrøkner 1 exemplars
MUJERCITAS 1 exemplars
Little Women and Other Works 1 exemplars
Malé ženy 1 exemplars
De kostschool van meneer Beer 1 exemplars
Otto cugini, o La collina delle zie 1 exemplars
Little Women - A Golden Picture classic 1 exemplars
Mujercitas [Paperback] Alcott, Louisa May 1 exemplars
Little Women (Watermill Classic) 1 exemplars
Reader's Digest: Little Women 1 exemplars
The Ultimate Christmas Reading: 400 Christmas Novels Stories Poems Carols Legends (Illustrated Edition) 1 exemplars
Selected Short Stories by Louisa May Alcott 1 exemplars
Anos Felizes 1 exemplars
Pack Mulherzinhas + Boas Esposas 1 exemplars
Good Wives 1 exemplars
LC: Little Women 1 exemplars
Old Fashioned Thanksgiving and Other Stories 1 exemplars
The Quiet Little Woman - A Christmas Story 1 exemplars
Complete Louisa May Alcott Works - 35 Complete Works (Little Women Trilogy, An Old Fashioned Girl, Work, Eight Cousins,… (2017) 1 exemplars
A Christmas Song 1 exemplars
Work: A S tory of Experience 1 exemplars
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The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature, Volumes 1-2 (1955) — Col·laborador — 460 exemplars
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Graphic Novel: A Modern Retelling of Little Women (2019) — Original Story — 310 exemplars
The New Junior Classics Volume 06: Stories About Boys and Girls (1938) — Col·laborador — 188 exemplars
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (2012) — Col·laborador — 186 exemplars
The Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection) (2015) — Col·laborador — 185 exemplars
Enchanting Stories for Young Readers (Usborne Illustrated Classics) (1999) — Col·laborador — 151 exemplars
The Children's Treasury: Best Loved Stories and Poems from Around the World (1987) — Col·laborador — 148 exemplars
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 10: Gifts From the Past (1962) — Col·laborador — 144 exemplars
American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation (2012) — Col·laborador — 122 exemplars
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 (2020) — Col·laborador — 83 exemplars
Scribbling Women: Short Stories by 19th-Century American Women (1997) — Col·laborador — 50 exemplars
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II (1806) — Col·laborador — 42 exemplars
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Tales (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) (2021) — Col·laborador — 37 exemplars
She Wields a Pen: American Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century (1997) — Col·laborador — 34 exemplars
Civil War Memories: Nineteen Stories of Battle, Bravery, Love, and Tragedy (2000) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
More Deadly than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror (2019) — Col·laborador — 30 exemplars
Little Women: A Story about the Value of Generosity [abridged - Chick-fil-A] (2005) — Autor — 19 exemplars
Jane Eyre/ Wuthering Heights/ Little Women/ Adam Bede/ Emma/ Pride and Prejudice (2001) — Col·laborador — 15 exemplars
Out of the Sand: Mummies, Pyramids, and Egyptology in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Penguin Readers Library Pack Level 1: WITH David Beckham AND Barcelona Game AND Girl Meets Boy AND Run for Your Life… (2005) 3 exemplars
Botanica Delira: More Stories of Strange, Undiscovered, and Murderous Vegetation (2010) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Little Women [1958 TV movie] — Autor — 1 exemplars
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Altres noms
- Barnard, A. M.
- Data de naixement
- 1832-11-29
- Data de defunció
- 1888-03-06
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Authors' Ridge, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- VS
- Lloc de naixement
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa de la mort
- stroke
- Llocs de residència
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Utopian Fruitlands Community, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA (1843-1844) - Educació
- homeschooled
- Professions
- novelist
nurse
seamstress
teacher
governess - Relacions
- Alcott, Amos Bronson (father)
Alcott, Abigail May (mother) - Organitzacions
- Transcendentalism
- Agent
- Zachary Shuster Harmsworth (estate)
- Biografia breu
- Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day, such as 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 used the pen name A. M. Barnard, under which she wrote novels for young adults that focused on spies and revenge.
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 the 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 died, in Boston on March 6, 1888.
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- Obres
- 537
- També de
- 96
- Membres
- 90,529
- Popularitat
- #108
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 1,219
- ISBN
- 4,636
- Llengües
- 33
- Preferit
- 290