Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Autor(a) de Little Women
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de Louisa May Alcott
The Quiet Little Woman, Tilly's Christmas, Rosa's Tale: Three Enchanting Christmas Stories (1999) 813 cópias
Little Women (150th Anniversary Edition): With Foreword and 200 Original Illustrations (2019) 713 cópias
Louisa May Alcott: An Intimate Anthology (New York Public Library Collector's Editions) (1997) 162 cópias
The Best of Louisa May Alcott: A Charming Illustrated Collection of Little Women, Little Men, and 24 Short Stories (1994) 102 cópias
Transcendental Wild Oats: And Excerpts from the Fruitlands Diary (Avenel Readers Library Series) (1975) 100 cópias
Little Women (Sterling Classics) 43 cópias
Little Women: The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters’ Letters and Manuscripts, Written and Folded by Hand (2021) — Autor — 40 cópias
The Hidden Louisa May Alcott: A Collection of Her Unknown Thrillers: Two Volumes in One (1984) 40 cópias
The Girlhood Diary of Louisa May Alcott, 1843-1846: Writings of a Young Author (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs) (2001) 38 cópias
A Louisa May Alcott Christmas Book and Charm: Selected Holiday Stories and Poems (Charming Classics) (2004) 30 cópias
Little Women (Puffin in Bloom) 29 cópias
Louisa May Alcott Collection 39 Works: Little Women Series (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys), An… (2013) 24 cópias
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150 Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good… (2015) 19 cópias
American Classics for Children: Little Women / Pollyanna / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (2003) 18 cópias
Favourite Stories of Courageous Girls: inspiring heroines from classic children's books (2019) 13 cópias
Works of Louisa May Alcott. (35 Works) Includes Little Women, Little Men, A Country Christmas and more (2007) 10 cópias
Louisa Alcott Collection: 39 Works 8 cópias
Anne of Green Gables / Sense and Sensibility / Little Women / Pride Prejudice / Jane Eyre / Emma / The Secret Garden /… (2002) 8 cópias
The Sketches of Louisa May Alcott (Ironweed American Classics) (Ironwood American Classics) (2001) 8 cópias
The Little Women 4 Books Collection Box Set By Louisa May Alcott (Little Women, Good Wives, Jo's Boys & Little Men) (2022) 7 cópias
Eight Cousins/Good Wives/Jo's Boys/Little Men/Little Women/An Old-Fashioned Girl/Rose in Bloom (2013) 6 cópias
Little Women, (150th Anniversary Edition) Original Illustrations: (Little Women and Good Wives) (2020) 6 cópias
Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins, Jo's Boys, Jack & Jill, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Rose in Bloom (1946) 5 cópias
An Alcott Christmas Collection: A Christmas Dream, A Country Christmas, Excerpts from Little Women, & More (2020) 5 cópias
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives,… (2007) 5 cópias
LITTLE WOMEN Easton Press 4 cópias
Mujercitas para niños (Clasicos Para Ninos / Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2002) 4 cópias
Louisa May Alcott: Complete Collection Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated)… (2014) 4 cópias
Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More (Xist Classics) (2015) 4 cópias
Doctor Dorn's Revenge {short story} 3 cópias
Louisa May Alcott Family Favorites Collection: 5-Book Boxed Set with Postcards & Journal (2021) 3 cópias
Little Women / The Last of the Mohicans / The Red Badge of Courage / Oliver Twist / Captains Courageous / The Call of… — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Little Women (Classics Starts) 3 cópias
A Sprig of Andromeda 3 cópias
Charming Novels of Classic Heroines : Pollyanna, The Secret Garden, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, and Rebecca of… (2017) 3 cópias
Little Women (Unabridged Classics) 2 cópias
Mulherzinhas - Little Women - Romance No Qual Foi Baseado O Filme Adoráveis Mulheres - 9ª Ed. (2009) 2 cópias
Hombrecitos para niños (Clasicos Para Ninos Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2019) 2 cópias
Book Study: Little Men 2 cópias
50 Masterpieces you have to read 2 cópias
The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories: Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain And… (2023) 2 cópias
Civil War Memoirs of Louisa May Alcott (Unabridged): Including Letters, Hospital Sketches & Biography of the Author -… (2015) 2 cópias
The Louisa Alcott story book 2 cópias
Tant Hannas gossar 2 cópias
Маленькие женщины (Russian Edition) 2 cópias
The Little Women Collection Box Set (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys) (2019) 2 cópias
Otra mujercita LUISA M. ALCOTT 1 exemplar(es)
Aquelas mulherzinhas 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women or Meg, Beth, and Amy 1 exemplar(es)
Mutevoli umori 1 exemplar(es)
Flower Fables/Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe 1 exemplar(es)
Double Life, A 1 exemplar(es)
Mujercitas (Los mejores clásicos): con introducción de una profesora de la Universidad de Princeton (Spanish Edition) 1 exemplar(es)
Una ragazza vecchio stampo 1 exemplar(es)
Marmee's Surprise 1 exemplar(es)
UNDER The LILACS. Beacon Hill Bookshelf Series. 1 exemplar(es)
Bellas historias 1 exemplar(es)
Little women from the novel 1 exemplar(es)
The Louisa May Alcott Hidden Gems Collection (Boxed Set): Eight Cousins; Rose in Bloom; An Old-Fashioned Girl; Under… (2023) 1 exemplar(es)
Louisa Mary Alcott, Little Women. Betty und ihre Schwestern - Erster und zweiter Teil. Schmuckausgabe mit… (2023) 1 exemplar(es)
[Classic Starts®: Little Women (Classic Starts® Series)] [By: Alcott, Louisa May] [March, 2005] 1 exemplar(es)
Los hombrecitos entrometidos 1 exemplar(es)
My Memoirs of the Civil War: The Louisa May Alcott's Collection: Including Letters, Hospital Sketches & Biography of… 1 exemplar(es)
Little women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. With an introduction by Edward Weeks and illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. 1 exemplar(es)
Alcott, Louisa May: The Complete Children's Stories 1 exemplar(es)
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Rosa en Flor 1 exemplar(es)
Юные жены (Азбука-классика) (Russian Edition) 1 exemplar(es)
The Abbot’s Ghost 1 exemplar(es)
Louisa May Alcott Poetry Collection: The Lay of the Golden Goose, Our Little Ghost, Fairy Song, Brighter Shone the… 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women - with booklet "The Story of the Alcotts" 1 exemplar(es)
Famous Louisa M. Alcott Stories Containing the Following Three Complete Novels: (1936) 1 exemplar(es)
Lettys Landstryger og andre Fortællinger 1 exemplar(es)
Jo's Boys (Bancroft Classics) 1 exemplar(es)
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A Christmas Dream Comes True 1 exemplar(es)
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Fijne Handschoenen 1 exemplar(es)
Een neef en vijf nichtjes 1 exemplar(es)
Meisjes omnibus : Heidi - De vier zusjes March 1 exemplar(es)
True Friends 1 exemplar(es)
Little Men: Thanksgiving [1998 TV episode] — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women Illustrated Complete Authorized Edition 1 exemplar(es)
Ruthie Rides the Trolley 1 exemplar(es)
Cac Cau Be Cua Jo 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women Focus on the Family 1 exemplar(es)
Eight Cousins (Unabridged) 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, Under the Lilacs, Eight Cousins, Jack and Jill. Six Volume Set. 1 exemplar(es)
Le piccole donne crescono. 1 exemplar(es)
Sireenien alla 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women (Penguin Classics): Classic Illustrated Edition 1 exemplar(es)
Lost in a London Fog 1 exemplar(es)
Piccole donne Cranford collection 1 exemplar(es)
The Read-Aloud Treasury Vol. 2 - More Classics 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women. (1868) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ( INCLUDE: An Old-Fashioned Girl. (1870) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ) (2016) 1 exemplar(es)
A Strange Island 1 exemplar(es)
A Song for A Christmas Tree 1 exemplar(es)
Väikeste naiste abielud #1.5 1 exemplar(es)
Four Stories 1 exemplar(es)
25 Favorite Children's Books 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women-1963 1 exemplar(es)
Alcott, Louisa May Archive 1 exemplar(es)
Mulherzinhas v.1 1 exemplar(es)
Mulherzinhas v. 2 1 exemplar(es)
The Occult Fiction Collection 1 exemplar(es)
Cousin Tribulation's Story 1 exemplar(es)
The Santa's Big Book of Christmas Tales: 500 Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends: Silent Night, The Gift of… 1 exemplar(es)
The Santa's Great Treasure Chest: 450+ Christmas Novels, Tales, Carols & Legends (2019) 1 exemplar(es)
Piccole Donne a fumetti 1 exemplar(es)
The Collection of Santa Claus (Illustrated Edition) 1 exemplar(es)
Flower fables ; and, Hospital sketches 1 exemplar(es)
Short Stories Collection 1 exemplar(es)
Rainbow classics 1 exemplar(es)
Rosy's Journey 1 exemplar(es)
Six Volumes: Life Letters and Journals | Eight Cousins | Jack and Jill | Jo's Boys | Old Fashioned Girl | Little… 1 exemplar(es)
Lesser Known Novels of Louisa May Alcott 1 exemplar(es)
Shoes and Stockings: A Collection of Short Stories 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women; A Simplified Version 1 exemplar(es)
The Collected Works of Louisa May Alcott (Halcyon Classics) 1 exemplar(es)
Morning Glories and Queen Aster 1 exemplar(es)
Louisa M. Alcott. Adaptation de R. et A. Prophétie. Illustrations de Guy Sabran. Petites bonnes femmes : Les… (1950) 1 exemplar(es)
Classic American Fiction: 22 books by Louisa May Alcott in a single file, improved 12/10/2010 (2009) 1 exemplar(es)
Independence; a centennial love story {short story} 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women Classic Reader Level 4 1 exemplar(es)
Little Gulliver {short story} 1 exemplar(es)
Chase #, Good Wives, Unmasked # 1 exemplar(es)
An Hour 1 exemplar(es)
The Uncollected Works of Louisa May Alcott, Volume One: Short Stories (Ironweed American Classics) (How-To Series) (2001) 1 exemplar(es)
Flower Fables & A Christmas Carol 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women [adapted - Sadler] — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
How It All Happened 1 exemplar(es)
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women,… 1 exemplar(es)
Småfrøknene gifter seg 1 exemplar(es)
Christmas Reading: 400 Christmas Novels Stories Poems Carols Legends (Illustrated Edition) 1 exemplar(es)
Little Men 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women 1 exemplar(es)
Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt Hill 1 exemplar(es)
Little Men 1 exemplar(es)
Good Wives 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women [dramatization] 1 exemplar(es)
The Enchanted Collection: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Secret Garden, Black Beauty, The Wind in the Willows,… 1 exemplar(es)
Piccole donne - I quattro libri 1 exemplar(es)
PICCOLE DONNE CRESCONO 1 exemplar(es)
En ädel qvinna 1 exemplar(es)
Will's Wonder Book 1 exemplar(es)
Water Cresses 1 exemplar(es)
Meadow Blossoms 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (Abridged) 1 exemplar(es)
Våra vänner från i fjor eller Systrarne Marchs senare lefnadsöden fortsättning och slut… 1 exemplar(es)
Flower fables ; Hospital sketches 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women ... Illustrated ... by S. Van Abbe 1 exemplar(es)
Green Apple - Life Skills 1 exemplar(es)
The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols 1 exemplar(es)
Usborne Young Reading Little Women 1 exemplar(es)
Småfrøkner 1 exemplar(es)
MUJERCITAS 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women and Other Works 1 exemplar(es)
Malé ženy 1 exemplar(es)
De kostschool van meneer Beer 1 exemplar(es)
Otto cugini, o La collina delle zie 1 exemplar(es)
Louisa May Alcott. Her life, letters, and journals 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women - A Golden Picture classic 1 exemplar(es)
Mujercitas [Paperback] Alcott, Louisa May 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women (Watermill Classic) 1 exemplar(es)
Reader's Digest: Little Women 1 exemplar(es)
10 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die, Volume 1 1 exemplar(es)
The Ultimate Christmas Reading: 400 Christmas Novels Stories Poems Carols Legends (Illustrated Edition) 1 exemplar(es)
Louisa May Alcott, 5 Volumes, Junior Deluxe Editions, Little Men, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, Jo's Boys, Eight… 1 exemplar(es)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Special Edition): The Original 1868 Edition With Over 100 Illustrations by Frank T.… 1 exemplar(es)
Selected Short Stories by Louisa May Alcott 1 exemplar(es)
Anos Felizes 1 exemplar(es)
Pack Mulherzinhas + Boas Esposas 1 exemplar(es)
Good Wives 1 exemplar(es)
LC: Little Women 1 exemplar(es)
Old Fashioned Thanksgiving and Other Stories 1 exemplar(es)
Collection: Garland for Girls, ABA, Old-Fashioned Girl, Aunt Jo's Scrapbag, Behind a Mask or Woman's Power, Comic… 1 exemplar(es)
The Quiet Little Woman - A Christmas Story 1 exemplar(es)
Complete Louisa May Alcott Works - 35 Complete Works (Little Women Trilogy, An Old Fashioned Girl, Work, Eight Cousins,… (2017) 1 exemplar(es)
A Christmas Song 1 exemplar(es)
Work: A S tory of Experience 1 exemplar(es)
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Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Graphic Novel: A Modern Retelling of Little Women (2019) — Original Story — 310 cópias
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (2012) — Contribuinte — 186 cópias
The Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection) (2015) — Contribuinte — 185 cópias
Enchanting Stories for Young Readers (Usborne Illustrated Classics) (1999) — Contribuinte — 151 cópias
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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Tales (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) (2021) — Contribuinte — 37 cópias
Civil War Memories: Nineteen Stories of Battle, Bravery, Love, and Tragedy (2000) — Contribuinte — 33 cópias
Little Women: A Story about the Value of Generosity [abridged - Chick-fil-A] (2005) — Autor — 19 cópias
Jane Eyre/ Wuthering Heights/ Little Women/ Adam Bede/ Emma/ Pride and Prejudice (2001) — Contribuinte — 15 cópias
Out of the Sand: Mummies, Pyramids, and Egyptology in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Penguin Readers Library Pack Level 1: WITH David Beckham AND Barcelona Game AND Girl Meets Boy AND Run for Your Life… (2005) 3 cópias
Botanica Delira: More Stories of Strange, Undiscovered, and Murderous Vegetation (2010) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Barnard, A. M.
- Data de nascimento
- 1832-11-29
- Data de falecimento
- 1888-03-06
- Local de enterro
- Authors' Ridge, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- VS
- Local de nascimento
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa da morte
- stroke
- Locais de residência
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Utopian Fruitlands Community, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA (1843-1844) - Educação
- homeschooled
- Ocupação
- novelist
nurse
seamstress
teacher
governess - Relacionamentos
- Alcott, Amos Bronson (father)
Alcott, Abigail May (mother) - Organizações
- Transcendentalism
- Agente
- Zachary Shuster Harmsworth (estate)
- Pequena 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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