LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Louisa May Alcott (born November 29, 1832 in Germantown and died in Boston on March 6, 1888) was an American writer, best known as the author of the children's book tetralogy
(Little Women).
Louisa was the second of four sisters Anna Alcott Pratt, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Abigail May Alcott Nieriker. The family moved to Boston in 1838,[4] where the father founded a school, the writer was turored privately by some family friends because her family moved several times.
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LIFE
Initially he created fairy tales, collected in his first book "Flower Fables" (1849).
She had a very strong personality in favor of human rights: she was an abolitionist;
In 1857, the author, unable to find a stable job, even thought about suicide. The following year he had to face the death of his younger sister and the marriage of his older sister, resulting in their estrangement. From in 1860 he began writing for the monthly magazine (Atlantic Monthly.
In 1862 and 1863 she worked as a nurse at Union Hospital in Georgetown, during the American Civil War.
In 1864 he published the novel "Moods", autobiographical events.
he found peace only in 1865 when he traveled to
Europe and met numerous famous writers.
1868 was a literary success: his famous novel “Little Women” was published, appreciated by the public.
Between 1877 and 1882 occurred the death of his mother and younger sister, the adoption of his nephew and the paralysis that struck his father.
Louisa May Alcott died in Boston in 1888 after suffering a stroke, caused by mercury poisoning following a treatment based on this substance to which she had been subjected during the American Civil War.Louisa may alcott's writing is simple and enchanting.
LITTLE WOMAN
Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy is Louisa May Alcott's most famous novel, initially published in the United States in two volumes, the first in 1868 and the second in 1869. Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American writer Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – and details their transition from childhood to adulthood. Loosely based on the life of the author and her three sisters, it is classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. Little Women was a commercial success, Alcott quickly completed a second volume (titled Good Wives in the UK, This was also successful. The two volumes were published in 1880 as a single novel entitled Little Women. Alcott subsequently wrote two sequels to her popular work, both with the March sisters: Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). The novel is said to address three main themes: "domesticity, work and true love, all interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine's individual identity.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Louisa May Alcott (born November 29, 1832 in Germantown and died in Boston on March 6, 1888) was an American writer, best known as the author of the children's book tetralogy (Little Women).
Louisa was the second of four sisters Anna Alcott Pratt, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Abigail May Alcott Nieriker. The family moved to Boston in 1838,[4] where the father founded a school, the writer was turored privately by some family friends because her family moved several times.
go!
LIFE
Initially he created fairy tales, collected in his first book "Flower Fables" (1849).
She had a very strong personality in favor of human rights: she was an abolitionist;
In 1857, the author, unable to find a stable job, even thought about suicide. The following year he had to face the death of his younger sister and the marriage of his older sister, resulting in their estrangement. From in 1860 he began writing for the monthly magazine (Atlantic Monthly.
In 1862 and 1863 she worked as a nurse at Union Hospital in Georgetown, during the American Civil War. In 1864 he published the novel "Moods", autobiographical events. he found peace only in 1865 when he traveled to Europe and met numerous famous writers.
1868 was a literary success: his famous novel “Little Women” was published, appreciated by the public.
Between 1877 and 1882 occurred the death of his mother and younger sister, the adoption of his nephew and the paralysis that struck his father. Louisa May Alcott died in Boston in 1888 after suffering a stroke, caused by mercury poisoning following a treatment based on this substance to which she had been subjected during the American Civil War.Louisa may alcott's writing is simple and enchanting.
LITTLE WOMAN
Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy is Louisa May Alcott's most famous novel, initially published in the United States in two volumes, the first in 1868 and the second in 1869. Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American writer Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – and details their transition from childhood to adulthood. Loosely based on the life of the author and her three sisters, it is classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. Little Women was a commercial success, Alcott quickly completed a second volume (titled Good Wives in the UK, This was also successful. The two volumes were published in 1880 as a single novel entitled Little Women. Alcott subsequently wrote two sequels to her popular work, both with the March sisters: Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). The novel is said to address three main themes: "domesticity, work and true love, all interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine's individual identity.