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Louisa May Alcott

Born

in Germantown, Pennsylvania, The United States

November 29, 1832

Died

March 06, 1888

Website

http://www.louisamayalcott.org

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

Influences

Amos Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Johann ...more

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Louisa May Alcott 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 Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, 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 ...more

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Louisa May Alcott’s books

Average rating: 4.13 · 2,676,248 ratings · 81,467 reviews · 2,976 distinct works • Similar authors

	Little Women 4.16 avg rating — 2,289,264 ratings — published 1868 — 5630 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Men (Little Women, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 64,252 ratings — published 1871 — 2253 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Wives 3.97 avg rating — 44,164 ratings — published 1869 — 505 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Małe kobietki (Małe kobietki, #1, Część 1) by Louisa May Alcott, Anna Bańkowska (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 40,674 ratings — published 1869 — 257 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 38,280 ratings — published 1874 — 2493 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jo's Boys (Little Women, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 37,530 ratings — published 1886 — 172 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rose in Bloom (Eight Cousins, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 23,511 ratings — published 1876 — 811 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Old-Fashioned Girl 4.09 avg rating — 20,914 ratings — published 1870 — 1291 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Women / Little Men / Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott, Elaine Showalter (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 7,376 ratings — published 1868 — 173 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mujercitas (Mujercitas, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 6,716 ratings — published 1868 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What book would you like to read for our March BOTM Group Read? Nominations were based on a Classic, published before 1950. We may pick the top two to read, but unfortunately you can only choose one pick.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

6 votes 15.4%

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

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Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery

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Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

2 votes 5.1%

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott

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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

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