Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Vol. 4 (Esprios Classics) - Alcott, Louisa May
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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 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,…mehr

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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 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, Alcott sometimes used pen names such as A. M. Barnard.
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Prominent American novelist and poet Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is recognised for her timeless literary achievements. Although she was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, she was raised in Concord, Massachusetts. Alcott came from a family that was strongly committed to social reform and transcendentalism; her mother, Abigail May Alcott, supported women's rights, and her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, was a philosopher. At seventeen years old, Louisa May Alcott's creative career took off when her debut book, "Flower Fables," was published. But her timeless masterpiece "Little Women," which was released in 1868, was what ensured her literary legacy. Alcott wrote many novels, short tales, and poems in addition to "Little Women," frequently addressing themes of self-reliance, social expectations, and the resiliency of the human spirit. Her writing, which is still loved around the world, is distinguished by its kindness, moral precepts, and astute insights of human nature. Because of her lasting impact, Louisa May Alcott is regarded as a major figure in American literature and an inspiration to countless numbers of readers.