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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, best known for the novel Little Women, which she wrote in 1868.
Childhood and Early Works
Alcott was the daughter of noted Transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May the third, and though of New England parentage and residence, was born in Germantown, now part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She had three sisters, the older Anna, and younger sisters Elizabeth and May. The family moved to Boston in 1844, where her father established an experimental school and joined the Transcendentalist Club with Emerson, Thoreau, etc.
During her girlhood and early womanhood, she shared in her family's poverty and Transcendentalist ideals. In 1840, after several setbacks with the school, her family moved to a cottage on two acres along the Concord River in Concord, Massachusetts. The Alcott family moved to the Utopian Fruitlands community for a brief interval in 1843-1844, and then after its collapse to rented rooms, and subsequently a house in Concord purchased with her mother's inheritance and help from Emerson. Alcott's early education had included lessons from the naturalist Henry David Thoreau but had chiefly been in the hands of her father. She also received some instruction from writers and educators such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller, who were all family friends. She later described these early years in a newspaper sketch entitled "Transcendental Wild Oats", afterwards reprinted in the volume Silver Pitchers (1876), which relates the experiences of her family during their experiment in "plain living and high thinking" at Fruitlands.
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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
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@_findingfinally I never had sisters growing up and now I have 3 daughters! It's the tale of some very strong women! <333 Louisa may alcott
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@_findingfinally I never had sisters growing up and now I have 3 daughters! It's the tale of some very strong women! <333 Louisa may alcott
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.-- Louisa May Alcott
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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.-- Louisa May Alcott
Resolve to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her. - Louisa May Alcott, 1832 - 1888
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Resolve to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her. - Louisa May Alcott, 1832 - 1888
The Louisa May Alcott Web - Biographical information, search engine, works, references, and criticism.
Meta Description: [ A site about Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, and her family. Includes news stories, photographs, articles, and links to other information. ]
About the Author - A brief biography.
IHAS: Poet - Thomas Hampson's coverage of the entire Alcott family.
L. M. Alcott - Short biography and listing of Alcott's works.
Louisa May Alcott - Pictures, location, and directions to the place where she is buried with biographical information, photograph, and interactive visitor comments. From Find A Grave.
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Louisa May Alcott - The Life and Works of - Concise overview of the author and her works.
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Louisa May Alcott Quotations - Collection from About.com.
Louisa May Alcott, Domestic Goddess - Examines Alcott's Little Women in light of the author's own life. Includes detailed look at Alcott's upbringing.
Meta Description: [ Louisa May Alcott webpage ]
Orchard House/Home of the Alcotts - A virtual visit to the home of the Alcott family, the site where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women.
Meta Description: [ Nineteenth century museum home of Louisa May Alcott, writer of Little Women and of the Alcott family, in Concord, Massachusetts. ]
Teaching in a Different Sense: Alcott's Marmee - Academic essay by Susan Laird explores education and child-rearing in Alcott's Little Women.
The Wayside Authors: Alcotts - Compares the lives of Alcott and her teacher-father.
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