Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
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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 altro 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 meno
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The Quiet Little Woman, Tilly's Christmas, Rosa's Tale: Three Enchanting Christmas Stories (1999) 815 copie
Little Women (150th Anniversary Edition): With Foreword and 200 Original Illustrations (2019) 713 copie
Louisa May Alcott: An Intimate Anthology (New York Public Library Collector's Editions) (1997) 162 copie
The Best of Louisa May Alcott: A Charming Illustrated Collection of Little Women, Little Men, and 24 Short Stories (1994) 102 copie
Transcendental Wild Oats: And Excerpts from the Fruitlands Diary (Avenel Readers Library Series) (1975) 101 copie
Little Women (Sterling Classics) 43 copie
Little Women: The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters’ Letters and Manuscripts, Written and Folded by Hand (2021) — Autore — 40 copie
The Hidden Louisa May Alcott: A Collection of Her Unknown Thrillers: Two Volumes in One (1984) 40 copie
The Girlhood Diary of Louisa May Alcott, 1843-1846: Writings of a Young Author (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs) (2001) 38 copie
A Louisa May Alcott Christmas Book and Charm: Selected Holiday Stories and Poems (Charming Classics) (2004) 30 copie
Little Women (Puffin in Bloom) 29 copie
Louisa May Alcott Collection 39 Works: Little Women Series (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys), An… (2013) 24 copie
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150 Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good… (2015) 19 copie
American Classics for Children: Little Women / Pollyanna / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (2003) 18 copie
Favourite Stories of Courageous Girls: inspiring heroines from classic children's books (2019) 13 copie
Works of Louisa May Alcott. (35 Works) Includes Little Women, Little Men, A Country Christmas and more (2007) 10 copie
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The Sketches of Louisa May Alcott (Ironweed American Classics) (Ironwood American Classics) (2001) 8 copie
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An Alcott Christmas Collection: A Christmas Dream, A Country Christmas, Excerpts from Little Women, & More (2020) 5 copie
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives,… (2007) 5 copie
Mujercitas para niños (Clasicos Para Ninos / Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2002) 4 copie
LITTLE WOMEN Easton Press 4 copie
Louisa May Alcott: Complete Collection Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated)… (2014) 4 copie
Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More (Xist Classics) (2015) 4 copie
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Louisa May Alcott Family Favorites Collection: 5-Book Boxed Set with Postcards & Journal (2021) 3 copie
Little Women (Classics Starts) 3 copie
Charming Novels of Classic Heroines : Pollyanna, The Secret Garden, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, and Rebecca of… (2017) 3 copie
A Sprig of Andromeda 3 copie
Civil War Memoirs of Louisa May Alcott (Unabridged): Including Letters, Hospital Sketches & Biography of the Author -… (2015) 2 copie
Book Study: Little Men 2 copie
50 Masterpieces you have to read 2 copie
Mulherzinhas - Little Women - Romance No Qual Foi Baseado O Filme Adoráveis Mulheres - 9ª Ed. (2009) 2 copie
The Louisa Alcott story book 2 copie
The Little Women Collection Box Set (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys) (2019) 2 copie
The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories: Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain And… (2023) 2 copie
Tant Hannas gossar 2 copie
Double Life, A 1 copia
Otra mujercita LUISA M. ALCOTT 1 copia
Aquelas mulherzinhas 1 copia
Mutevoli umori 1 copia
Bellas historias 1 copia
Los hombrecitos entrometidos 1 copia
The Louisa May Alcott Hidden Gems Collection (Boxed Set): Eight Cousins; Rose in Bloom; An Old-Fashioned Girl; Under… (2023) 1 copia
Louisa Mary Alcott, Little Women. Betty und ihre Schwestern - Erster und zweiter Teil. Schmuckausgabe mit… (2023) 1 copia
[Classic Starts®: Little Women (Classic Starts® Series)] [By: Alcott, Louisa May] [March, 2005] 1 copia
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Little Women. (1868) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ( INCLUDE: An Old-Fashioned Girl. (1870) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ) (2016) 1 copia
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Louisa M. Alcott. Adaptation de R. et A. Prophétie. Illustrations de Guy Sabran. Petites bonnes femmes : Les… (1950) 1 copia
Classic American Fiction: 22 books by Louisa May Alcott in a single file, improved 12/10/2010 (2009) 1 copia
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The Uncollected Works of Louisa May Alcott, Volume One: Short Stories (Ironweed American Classics) (How-To Series) (2001) 1 copia
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Complete Louisa May Alcott Works - 35 Complete Works (Little Women Trilogy, An Old Fashioned Girl, Work, Eight Cousins,… (2017) 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Barnard,A.M.
- Data di nascita
- 1832-11-29
- Data di morte
- 1888-03-06
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Authors' Ridge, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa della morte
- stroke
- Luogo di residenza
- Massachusetts,USA
- Istruzione
- homeschooled
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
nurse
seamstress
teacher
governess - Relazioni
- Alcott, Amos Bronson (father)
Alcott, Abigail May (mother) - Organizzazioni
- Transcendentalism
- Agente
- Zachary Shuster Harmsworth (estate)
- Breve biografia
- 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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