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About Louisa May Alcott
American novelist, short story writer, and poet
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. Raised in New England by transcendentalist parents, she wrote in the 19th century and is best known for Little Women and its sequels. Her most familiar work is Little Women, first published in 1868, followed by Good Wives, Little Men, and Jo's Boys. She began writing young, encouraged by her family, and grew up among prominent intellectuals such as Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.
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Books by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women
1996
Jo's Boys
1886
Eight cousins
2005
Little men
1913
Flower Fables
1854