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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 · 2,746,455 ratings · 87,214 reviews · 3,384 distinct works • Similar authors

	Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 2,350,410 ratings — published 1868 — 5760 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 — 65,831 ratings — published 1871 — 2252 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 — 46,247 ratings — published 1869 — 507 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) 4.04 avg rating — 44,928 ratings — published 1869 — 642 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 — 38,707 ratings — published 1874 — 2482 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 — 38,295 ratings — published 1886 — 1622 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 — 23,725 ratings — published 1876 — 19 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 — 21,464 ratings — published 1870 — 233 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 — 7,538 ratings — published 1868 — 178 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
	A Long Fatal Love Chase 3.68 avg rating — 7,118 ratings — published 1995 — 66 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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Series by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women (2 books)
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4.01 avg rating — 91,174 ratings

Eight Cousins (2 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 62,496 ratings

Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag (6 books)
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3.56 avg rating — 773 ratings

Lulu's Library (3 books)
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3.71 avg rating — 140 ratings

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January 2024 Short Story/Novella Poll

Behind a Mask, Or, a Woman's Power by Louisa May Alcott

70 votes, 30.2%

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster

51 votes, 22.0%

My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather

49 votes, 21.1%

The Wonderful O by James Thurber

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4 votes, 1.7%

232 total votes

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