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Louisa May Alcott

1832 - 1888

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Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), 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, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Encouraged by her family, Louisa began writing from an early age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louisa May Alcott has received more than 7,309,346 page views. Her biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Louisa May Alcott is the 618th most popular writer (down from 431st in 2019), the 630th most popular biography from United States (down from 443rd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Writer.

Louisa May Alcott is most famous for her novel Little Women, which follows the lives of four sisters as they grow up in the American Civil War.

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  • 74

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  • 3.34

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  • 6.28

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Notable Works

Aunt Jo's scrap-bag
1871
Little men
1850
Eight Cousins
Fiction
Rose, a shy orphan, blossoms in the company of her spirited relatives when she takes up residence at "The Aunt Hill." This captivating novel by the author of Little Women offers readers of all ages endearing, inspiring stories about growing up, making friends, and facing life with kindness and courage.
1874
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Boston (Mass.)
Polly's friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth about the relationship between happiness and riches.
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Little Women
1867
Jo's Boys
1886
Eight cousins
Fiction, Cousins, Orphans
Rose, a shy orphan, blossoms in the company of her spirited relatives when she takes up residence at "The Aunt Hill." This captivating novel by the author of Little Women offers readers of all ages endearing, inspiring stories about growing up, making friends, and facing life with kindness and courage.
1874
Flower Fables
Fairy tales, Fairies, Flowers
Louisa May Alcott was twenty-one when she published this, her first book. A collection of fairy stories and poems she originally told to Ralph Waldo Emerson's daughter Ellen, Flower Fables is a charming and delightful achievement from the hand that would eventually craft the timeless classic Little Women. Flower Fables is presented here in large print for easier reading by children and adults of any age.
1854
Little men
Louisa May Alcott, Children, Children's
The characters from Little Women grow up and begin new adventures at Plumfield, a progressive school founded by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.***--LibraryThing*** With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, Jo March -- now Jo Bhaer -- couldn't be happier. But despite the warm and affectionate help of the whole March family, boys have a habit of getting into scrapes, and there are plenty of troubles and adventures in store.***--goodreads***
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An Old-Fashioned Girl
Conduct of life, Juvenile literature, Juvenile fiction
Polly visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw in the city and is overwhelmed by the fashionable and urban life they live--but also left out because of her "countrified" manners and outdated clothes.
1869
Little Women
Romans, Jeunes filles, Soeurs
Louisa May Alcotts classic novel, set during the Civil War, has always captivated even the most reluctant readers. Little girls, especially, love following the adventures of the four March sisters--Meg, Beth, Amy, and most of all, the tomboy Jo--as they experience the joys and disappointments, tragedies and triumphs, of growing up. This simpler version captures all the charm and warmth of the original.
1848
Jo's Boys
Fiction, Family life, Boarding schools
This sequel to Alcott's "Little Women" and "Little Men" chronicles the return of the classmates of Plumfield, Jo's school for boys. Readers reencounter Nat, the orphaned street musician, now a conservatory student; restless Dan, back from the gold mines of California; business-minded Tom; and other old friends.
1886

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louisa May Alcott ranks 618 out of 7,302. Before her are Madame Roland, Ferenc Molnár, Anton Makarenko, Dietrich Eckart, Olga Tokarczuk, and Bert Hellinger. After her are Émile Verhaeren, Leo Africanus, Tirso de Molina, Alfred Döblin, J. M. Barrie, and Poliziano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Louisa May Alcott ranks 13. Before her are Maximilian I of Mexico, Gustave Doré, Edward Burnett Tylor, Ivan Shishkin, José Echegaray, and William Crookes. After her are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Jules Ferry, Ármin Vámbéry, George, King of Saxony, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, and Andrew Dickson White. Among people deceased in 1888, Louisa May Alcott ranks 8. Before her are John Bosco, Frederick III, German Emperor, Rudolf Clausius, Carl Zeiss, John Stith Pemberton, and Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria. After her are Nikolay Przhevalsky, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Anton Mauve, François Achille Bazaine, Ascanio Sobrero, and Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louisa May Alcott ranks 630 out of 20,380. Before her are Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), Sylvia Earle (1935), William Friedkin (1935), Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Harold Ramis (1944), and Whoopi Goldberg (1955). After her are Paul Krugman (1953), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Carl Lewis (1961), Alfred Kinsey (1894), George Cukor (1899), and Sidney Lumet (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louisa May Alcott ranks 62. Before her are James Baldwin (1924), Allen Ginsberg (1926), Ellen G. White (1827), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Napoleon Hill (1883), and John Irving (1942). After her are Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Michael Crichton (1942), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Harper Lee (1926), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), and Washington Irving (1783).

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