1. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American Writer (18321888) American Writer. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott is famous for the novel, Little Women. Her father, Amos Bronson Alcott was an important (and http://classiclit.about.com/od/alcottlouisamay/Alcott_Louisa_May.htm

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2. Alcott, Louisa May LiteraryTraveler.com Louisa May Alcott is one of few women who enjoyed immediate success in writing during her lifetime. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832 to Amos Bronson Alcott http://www.literarytraveler.com/authors/alcott_louisa_may.aspx

Premium Account Info Advertise with us About LiteraryTraveler.com Home ... Contact Us Browse Articles By: Date Posted Author Issues or Search Articles: Advertisement: Alcott, Louisa May Louisa May Alcott is one of few women who enjoyed immediate success in writing during her lifetime. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832 to Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail "Abba" May, Louisa moved with her family to the Massachusetts area. With the help of family friend Ralph Waldo Emerson, they relocated from Concord to Boston several times and in 1843, participated in an experimental communal village referred to as the Fruitlands. Her father, a schoolteacher and transcendentalist, finally moved the family to Boston in 1849 after the project failed. In her early years, Alcott enjoyed nature walks with Henry David Thoreau and acting out the plays she had written with her sisters. Burdened by her family�?¢s growing financial difficulties, she took on as many jobs as she could to help out, very much becoming a �?¢little woman�?¢?�? herself at the age of 15. After working as a laundry washer and teacher, she published her first poem, �?¢Sunlight,�?¢?�? (1852) in Peterson�?¢s Magazine, followed by her first book, Flower Fables, three years later. She remained in Boston to pursue a literary career, visiting her family and comforting her mother in the wake of her sister�?¢s (Lizzie) death from Scarlet Fever. When America found itself ravaged by Civil War, Alcott moved to Washington D.C. in 1862 to serve as a nurse. Her experiences served as the inspiration for

3. Louisa May Alcott, Writer Louisa May Alcott 1832 1888 Novels. Alcott, Louisa May, Moods, 1864. Little Women, Dell, New York, 1868, 1869. ISBN 0-440-21275-3 An Old-Fashioned Girl, 1870. http://www.hycyber.com/HF/alcott_louisa_may.html

Louisa May Alcott Novels Alcott, Louisa May, Moods, Little Women, Dell, New York, 1868, 1869. ISBN: 0-440-21275-3 An Old-Fashioned Girl, Little Men, Dell, New York, 1886. ISBN: 0-440-21449-7 A Long Fatal Love Chase, Dell, New York, 1866, 1888, 1995. ISBN: 0-440-22301-6 Original Short Fiction Alcott, Louisa May, (anonymously) (anonymously) Collections of Shorter Fiction Alcott, Louisa May, Behind a Mask William Morrow, New York, 1975. ISBN: 0-688-00338-9 Plots and Counterplots William Morrow, New York, 1976. ISBN: 0-688-03046-7 A Double Life Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1988. ISBN: 0-316-03101-1 Sources of Biographical and Bibliographical Information Books on line

4. Louisa May Alcott: Poems An index of poems by Louisa May Alcott. ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1832; died in Boston, 1888. http://www.poetry-archive.com/a/alcott_louisa_may.html

POEMS BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT: Fairy Song Little Nell Little Paul The Mother Moon ... What Polly Found in Her Stocking ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY . Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1832; died in Boston, 1888. As the daughter of the Concord philosopher, Louisa May Alcott spent her youth in association with her father's friends, Emerson Thoreau , William Ellery Channing, Margaret Fuller , and others who made the period memorable. Fortunately, however, for the family of the philosopher, her talents ran in a more practical channel, and after trying her hand at many occupations, she found her true gift in writing stories for the young. Her work in this field still maintains its supremacy, particularly "Little Women," which has become a classic of children's literature. This biographical note is reprinted from The Little Book of American Poets: 1787-1900 . Ed. Jessie B. Rittenhouse. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1915.

5. Orchard House - Home Of The Alcotts Nineteenth century museum home of Louisa May Alcott, writer of Little Women and of the Alcott family, in Concord. http://www.louisamayalcott.org/

Visit the historic home of the extraordinary Alcott family, where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set Little Women Uta Pippig, Honorary Chair What a way to spend the day! 5th Annual 5K Walk / 10K Run to Benefit Orchard House Register on-line Download a brochure Donate Watch our Walk/Run video! Help us help save Save America's Treasures There's still time to act ... Contact Congress Read more See more pictures New! Watch slide show Watch re-broadcasts of the new Louisa May Alcott Documentary! Check your local PBS listings for dates/times Click here for details Order the DVD from Orchard House! Starring Elizabeth Marvel; photographs by Liane Brandon On sale now Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen Buy the book from Orchard House Photographs by Liane Brandon Find us at ... Click here to see the video John Matteson wins the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his biography

6. Louisa May Alcott - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Louisa May Alcott; Louisa May Alcott at about age 25 Born Germantown, PA, U.S. Died March 6, 1888 (aged 55) Boston, MA, U.S. Pen name A. M. Barnard Occupation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott

Louisa May Alcott From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott at about age 25 Born Germantown, PA U.S. Died Boston, MA U.S. Pen name A. M. Barnard Occupation Novelist Nationality American Period Civil war Subjects Young Adult stories Notable work(s) Little Women Influences Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué Charles Dickens Influenced Stephenie Meyer Signature Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist . She is best known for the novel Little Women , set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts , and published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters. Contents Childhood and early work Literary success and later life Selected works See also ... edit Childhood and early work Alcott was the daughter of noted transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May Alcott . She shared a birthday with her father on November 29, 1832. In a letter to his brother-in-law, Samuel Joseph May , a noted abolitionist , her father wrote: "It is with great pleasure that I announce to you the birth of my second daughter...born about half-past 12 this morning, on my [33

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8. National Park Service - Requested Page Not Found (404) (U.S. National Park Servi Compares the lives of Alcott and her teacher-father. http://www.nps.gov/mima/wayside/Alcott.htm

9. Louisa May Alcott - Biography And Works Do you guys think Alcotts writing is too flowery cuz I dont. Tell me what you think. Posted By andd06 at Sat 26 Jul 2008, 1216 PM in Alcott, Louisa May 1 Reply http://www.online-literature.com/alcott/

The Literature Network Authors: 261 Books: 2,949 Forum Members: 71,085 Forum Posts: 863,502 Subscribe Teacher Accounts with student management and more. Home Authors Shakespeare Bible ... Subscriber Login addthis_pub = 'ChrisWebPub'; Literature Network Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott Search all of Louisa May Alcott Advanced Search Biography Quizzes Forum Discussions Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) , American author wrote Little Women �Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,� grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. �It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner. Protagonist Jo March�s character is based on Alcott herself and her sisters form the basis for her other characters whose adventures and lives she recounts in this tale set in New England during the American Civil War. Highly successful upon publication and subsequently inspiring numerous adaptations to the screen, Little Women is still one of the most popular novels read by people of all ages. Alcott wrote many other highly acclaimed works in her time and was an active supporter of the women�s suffrage and abolition movements, but it is her wholesome tales penned from her own experiences growing up that she is best remembered.

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Alcott, Louisa May 20 November 1832 - 6 March 1888 American writer best known, of course, for Little Women ; she wrote a small number of thrillers, many of them anonymously or under the pseudonym "A. M. Barnard," early in her career. Sites: Biographical essay [Helena Maragou, American College of Greece; Literary Encyclopedia] Louisa May Alcott Includes biographical note and very helpful bibliograpical information, as befits a website by a librarian. [Susan Lank Tolbert] Biographical note and links. [Empire Zine] Biographical note [Scribbling Women/Domestic Goddesses] Biographical note Part of the PBS website for the 2000 Masterpiece Theatre production of E. Nesbit 's classic The Railway Children Orchard House Website for the Alcott family home, now a museum; contains biographical information and more. Etexts: "The Abbot's Ghost" [Jan. 1867] Also known as "Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story" "Ariel, A Legend of the Lighthouse" [July 1865] "Doctor Dorn's Revenge" - at BlackMask: HTML (26K) or PDF "A Double Tragedy: An Actor's Story" "The Fate of the Forrests" "A Pair of Eyes; or, The Modern Magic" [1863]

11. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott: About The Author A brief biography. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/ALCOTT/aboutla.html

About the Author Unable to guarantee his family a steady income, Bronson moved the Alcotts back to Boston in 1849. At this point, Louisa began to feel more and more responsible for her family's financial needs and started taking on as many jobs as a young girl could find. She began reading for an elderly father and his invalid sister, but this eventually turned sour when Louisa received next to nothing for her work. At the same time, Louisa and her sister Anna took to teaching small children and mended and washed laundry in an effort to help provide for the growing Alcott family. In 1852 Louisa's first poem, "Sunlight" was published in Peterson's magazine under the pseudonym, Flora Fairfield. Although modest payment was received, Louisa was beginning a career that would bring her great fame and end her financial worries. Three years later, in 1855, her first book, Flower Fables was published. At this point, the Alcott family moved to Walpole, New Hampshire but Louisa stayed on in Boston to further her literary career. Tragedy struck the family in 1856 when the third daughter, Lizzie, contracted scarlet fever. Lizzie would recover for the time being but her illness forced the Alcott's back to Concord where Emerson purchased Orchard House for the family. Lizzie's sickness returned and she passed away on March 14. Yet happiness was soon to follow as Anna, the oldest announced that she was to be married. Anna's wedding and Lizzie's death forced Louisa to return to Concord house in 1857. She wished to help comfort her mother during this time and try to help alleviate the lose of two daughters.

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@import url("/css/standard_delta.css"); Find Famous People Fast! Who2 FAQ Who2 Blog For Students Contact Who2 Browse Bios: A B C D ... Share on Facebook Louisa May Alcott Biography Writer Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women , a novel for young readers that's been popular since its appearance in 1868. Born in Pennsylvania, she's most closely associated with Boston and Concord, Massachusetts, where she grew up with the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau , associates of her father, Transcendentalist philosopher (Amos) Bronson Alcott. A childhood of financial insecurity apparently made Louisa determined to be a success. She had a literary reputation after the 1863 publication of her experiences as a Civil War nurse ( Hospital Sketches ), but she made money in the 1860s writing potboilers and publishing them anonymously or pseudonymously. Her market-savvy Little Women was based on her own experiences growing up (she's associated with the character Jo) and cemented her fame and fortune. Her other works include Good Wives Little Men Rose in Bloom (1876) and Jo's Boys Blog posts mentioning Louisa May Alcott Famous Literary Drunks and Addicts Four Good Links Home of the Alcotts Includes family biographies Louisa May Alcott Background on her life and work, from a documentary film

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14. Louisa May Alcott Biography Alcott, Louisa May. Behind a Mask the Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott. Edited and with an introduction by Madeleine Stern. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/alco-lou.htm

Louisa May Alcott Image Donated by Corbis - Bettmann NAME: Louisa May Alcott BIRTHDATE: November 29, 1832 BIRTH PLACE: Germantown (now a part of Philadelphia), Pennsylvania. Her family moved in 1834 to Boston, Massachusetts. and in 1840 Concord, Massachusetts. DATE OF DEATH: March 6, 1888- the date of her own father's funeral, to which she was unaware PLACE OF DEATH: Boston, Massachusetts FAMILY BACKGROUND: Louisa was one of four daughters. Although her father's association with the Transcendentalists allowed Louisa to grow up in an intellectual and non-conventional environment, her own views challenged the transcendental philosophies. Her education served to foster her love and dedication to writing, acting, education and women's rights. EDUCATION: Most of Louisa May Alcott's early education was received by her father, Bronson Alcott. For a short time she attended a small school in Still River Village and a small school held in her family's barn. She was instructed throughout her childhood by her father's fellow Transcendentalists: writers and family friends, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller. DESCRIPTION OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Louisa May Alcott is widely known as the writer of Little Women , a self reflective children's book published in 1868. The success of this book led to other books based on Alcott's life such as

15. Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (18321888) Louisa May Alcott is best known for her creation of the classic work Little Women , the story of four sisters growing up in a New England town during http://www.ibiblio.org/cheryb/women/LouisaM-Alcott.html

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) Louisa May Alcott is best known for her creation of the classic work "Little Women" , the story of four sisters growing up in a New England town during the mid 1800s. Alcott's father, Bronson, was a philosopher and educational reformer whose idealistic projects kept the family in poverty; financial security did not come until "Little Women". However, the Alcott family was rich in their friends, which included such noted figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Like her father, Alcott practiced her beliefs, working for the right of women to vote and for the temperance (anti-drinking) movement. The March sistersMeg, Jo, Beth, and Amy have been immortalized in the movies as well; the most famous "Jo" was Katherine Hepburn.

16. Alcott, Louisa May - Biography And Online Books Alcott, Louisa May biography and collection of works Louisa May Alcott (18321888) - pseudonyms A. Barnard, Flora Fairfield http://www.literaturepost.com/authors/Alcott.html

HOME AUTHOR INDEX TITLE INDEX CATEGORY INDEX ... LINKS Alcott, Louisa May Biography Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) - pseudonyms: A. Barnard, Flora Fairfield American author, known for her children' books, especially LITTLE WOMEN (1868). Alcott draws her material from her own family and from the New England milieu where she had grown up. Originally she begun writing 'rubbish novels', sometimes anonymously, sometimes as 'A.N. Barnard', to contribute to the family income. Above man's aims his nature rose. The wisdom of a just content Made one small spot a continent, And tuned to poetry Life's prose. (from Louisa May Alcott, Her Life Letters, and Journals Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia). During her childhood her family moved to Boston. She spent most of her life in the Boston-Concord area, and received almost all her early education from her father Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), who was member of the New England Transcendentalists. He was an idealistic, if impractical person, who believed in the spiritual life, as contrasted with the material life. When a visiting English author criticized her father's teaching methods, the schoolmaster Alcott moved with his family to Concord. Among the family friends were Theodore Parker, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Alcott began to keep diary at the age of seven. Her first book, FLOWER FABLES (1854), a collection of tales, was originally written for Emerson's daughter Ellen. After the failure of her father's utopian community

17. L. M. Alcott Short biography and listing of Alcott s works. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/lmalcott.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne L(ouisa) M(ay) Alcott (1832-1888) - pseudonyms: A. Barnard, Flora Fairfield American author, known for her children' books, especially LITTLE WOMEN (1868-69). Alcott draws her material from her own family and from the New England milieu where she had grown up. Originally she begun writing 'rubbish novels', sometimes anonymously, sometimes as 'A.N. Barnard', to contribute to the family income. Above man's aims his nature rose. The wisdom of a just content Made one small spot a continent, And tuned to poetry Life's prose. (from Louisa May Alcott, Her Life Letters, and Journals Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), the second of four daughters of Abigail May Alcott and Bronson Alcott (1799-1888). During her childhood the family moved to Boston. She spent most of her life in the Boston-Concord area, and received almost all her early education from her father. His favorite moral guide was Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress . Bronson was member of the New England Transcendentalists. He was an idealistic, if impractical person, who believed in the spiritual life, as contrasted with the material life. Louisa May called him "the modern Plato". When a visiting English author criticized his teaching methods, he moved with his family to Concord. Among the family friends were Theodore Parker

18. Louisa May Alcott Text Louisa May Alcott. My book came out; and people began to think that topsyturvy Louisa would amount to something after all -Louisa May Alcott, 1855 http://www.louisamayalcott.org/louisamaytext.html

Louisa May Alcott My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all ... -Louisa May Alcott, 1855 Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832. She and her three sisters, Anna, Elizabeth, and May, were educated by their father, philosopher/ teacher Bronson Alcott, and raised on the practical Christianity of their mother, Abigail May. Louisa spent her childhood in Boston and in Concord, Massachusetts, where her days were enlightened by visits to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s library, excursions into nature with Henry David Thoreau, and theatricals in the barn at "Hillside" (now Hawthorne’s "Wayside"). Like her character, "Jo March" in Little Women, young Louisa was a tomboy. "No boy could be my friend till I had beaten him in a race," she claimed, "and no girl if she refused to climb trees, leap fences ..." For Louisa, writing was an early passion. She had a rich imagination and often her stories became melodramas that she and her sisters would act out for friends. Louisa preferred to play the "lurid" parts in these plays "the villains, ghosts, bandits, and disdainful queens." At age 15, troubled by the poverty that plagued her family, she vowed: "I

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document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://sb" : "http://b") + ".scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js' %3E%3C/script%3E")); Bronson Alcott (1799-1893) Abigail May Alcott (1800-1877) Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) Anna Bronson Alcott (1831-1893) Elizabeth Sewall Alcott (1835-1858) Abba May Alcott (1840-1879) R enowned for her classic novels LITTLE WOMEN and LITTLE MEN, Louisa May Alcott's passion for literature and the intellectual life were shaped in the bosom of her family. One of four daughters of the prominent Transcendentalist and pioneering educational innovator, Bronson Alcott, and his wife, Abigail May, who distinguished herself in the Abolitionist, Suffrage, and other reform causes of the period, Louisa May was born in Pennsylvania, but grew up in Boston and later in Concord , where she associated directly with her parents' circle which included the Emersons Thoreaus , Hawthornes, and Ripleys. Accustomed to the straightened circumstances to which her father's idealism perpetually condemned the family, Louisa began to write stories at an early age to supplement the family income. Said Emerson of her genteel novels, "She is a natural source of stories... She is and is to be, the poet of children. She knows their angels." But as recent scholarship has demonstrated, the mature Louisa May also knew about the demons which people the human soul. Her tales of Gothic fiction, written behind the mask of pseudonyms, reveal a psychological depth that compares favorably with the best writers of the genre such as Poe and Hawthorne.

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