Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
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Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832. Two years later, she moved with her family to Boston and in 1840 to Concord, which was to remain her family home for the rest of her life. Her father, Bronson Alcott, was a transcendentalist and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry visa mer David Thoreau. Alcott early realized that her father could not be counted on as sole support of his family, and so she sacrificed much of her own pleasure to earn money by sewing, teaching, and churning out potboilers. Her reputation was established with Hospital Sketches (1863), which was an account of her work as a volunteer nurse in Washington, D.C. Alcott's first works were written for children, including her best-known Little Women (1868--69) and Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (1871). Moods (1864), a "passionate conflict," was written for adults. Alcott's writing eventually became the family's main source of income. Throughout her life, Alcott continued to produce highly popular and idealistic literature for children. An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Eight Cousins (1875), Rose in Bloom (1876), Under the Lilacs (1878), and Jack and Jill (1881) enjoyed wide popularity. At the same time, her adult fiction, such as the autobiographical novel Work: A Story of Experience (1873) and A Modern Mephistopheles (1877), a story based on the Faust legend, shows her deeper concern with such social issues as education, prison reform, and women's suffrage. She realistically depicts the problems of adolescents and working women, the difficulties of relationships between men and women, and the values of the single woman's life. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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The Quiet Little Woman, Tilly's Christmas, Rosa's Tale: Three Enchanting Christmas Stories (1999) 812 exemplar
Little Women (150th Anniversary Edition): With Foreword and 200 Original Illustrations (2019) 712 exemplar
Louisa May Alcott: An Intimate Anthology (New York Public Library Collector's Editions) (1997) 162 exemplar
Little Women, Little Men, Under the Lilacs, Eight Cousins, Jack & Jill, Jo's Boys (1950) 107 exemplar
The Best of Louisa May Alcott: A Charming Illustrated Collection of Little Women, Little Men, and 24 Short Stories (1994) 102 exemplar
Transcendental Wild Oats: And Excerpts from the Fruitlands Diary (Avenel Readers Library Series) (1975) 100 exemplar
Little Women: From the Original Publisher 91 exemplar
Little Women (Sterling Classics) 43 exemplar
The Hidden Louisa May Alcott: A Collection of Her Unknown Thrillers: Two Volumes in One (1984) 40 exemplar
Little Women: The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters’ Letters and Manuscripts, Written and Folded by Hand (2021) — Författare — 40 exemplar
The Girlhood Diary of Louisa May Alcott, 1843-1846: Writings of a Young Author (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs) (2001) 38 exemplar
Little Women (Puffin in Bloom) 29 exemplar
A Louisa May Alcott Christmas Book and Charm: Selected Holiday Stories and Poems (Charming Classics) (2004) 29 exemplar
Louisa May Alcott Collection 39 Works: Little Women Series (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys), An… (2013) 24 exemplar
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150 Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good… (2015) 19 exemplar
American Classics for Children: Little Women / Pollyanna / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (2003) 18 exemplar
Little Women: Little Women Series, Book 1 16 exemplar
Favourite Stories of Courageous Girls: inspiring heroines from classic children's books (2019) 13 exemplar
Works of Louisa May Alcott. (35 Works) Includes Little Women, Little Men, A Country Christmas and more (2007) 10 exemplar
Anne of Green Gables / Sense and Sensibility / Little Women / Pride Prejudice / Jane Eyre / Emma / The Secret Garden /… (2002) 8 exemplar
Louisa Alcott Collection: 39 Works 8 exemplar
The Sketches of Louisa May Alcott (Ironweed American Classics) (Ironwood American Classics) (2001) 8 exemplar
The Little Women 4 Books Collection Box Set By Louisa May Alcott (Little Women, Good Wives, Jo's Boys & Little Men) (2022) 7 exemplar
Little Women: Abridged (Puffin Classics) 6 exemplar
Little Women, (150th Anniversary Edition) Original Illustrations: (Little Women and Good Wives) (2020) 6 exemplar
Eight Cousins/Good Wives/Jo's Boys/Little Men/Little Women/An Old-Fashioned Girl/Rose in Bloom (2013) 6 exemplar
An Alcott Christmas Collection: A Christmas Dream, A Country Christmas, Excerpts from Little Women, & More (2020) 5 exemplar
Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins, Jo's Boys, Jack & Jill, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Rose in Bloom (1946) 5 exemplar
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives,… (2007) 5 exemplar
Louisa May Alcott: Complete Collection Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated)… (2014) 4 exemplar
Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More (Xist Classics) (2015) 4 exemplar
Mujercitas para niños (Clasicos Para Ninos / Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2002) 4 exemplar
LITTLE WOMEN Easton Press 4 exemplar
Louisa May Alcott Family Favorites Collection: 5-Book Boxed Set with Postcards & Journal (2021) 3 exemplar
A Sprig of Andromeda 3 exemplar
Doctor Dorn's Revenge {short story} 3 exemplar
Little Women / The Last of the Mohicans / The Red Badge of Courage / Oliver Twist / Captains Courageous / The Call of… — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar
Charming Novels of Classic Heroines : Pollyanna, The Secret Garden, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, and Rebecca of… (2017) 3 exemplar
50 Masterpieces you have to read 2 exemplar
The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories: Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain And… (2023) 2 exemplar
Black Beauty (Whitman Classics Library) 2 exemplar
Little Women Louisa M. Alcott 1915 Hardback 2 exemplar
The Little Women Collection Box Set (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys) (2019) 2 exemplar
Mulherzinhas - Little Women - Romance No Qual Foi Baseado O Filme Adoráveis Mulheres - 9ª Ed. (2009) 2 exemplar
Illustrated Classic Editions: Little Women 2 exemplar
Little Women (Unabridged Classics) 2 exemplar
Little Women (Classics Starts) 2 exemplar
Hombrecitos para niños (Clasicos Para Ninos Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2019) 2 exemplar
Tant Hannas gossar 2 exemplar
Civil War Memoirs of Louisa May Alcott (Unabridged): Including Letters, Hospital Sketches & Biography of the Author -… (2015) 2 exemplar
Onder moeders vleugels / Op eigen wieken 2 exemplar
Маленькие женщины (Russian Edition) 2 exemplar
The Louisa Alcott story book 2 exemplar
The Louisa May Alcott Hidden Gems Collection (Boxed Set): Eight Cousins; Rose in Bloom; An Old-Fashioned Girl; Under… (2023) 1 exemplar
Louisa Mary Alcott, Little Women. Betty und ihre Schwestern - Erster und zweiter Teil. Schmuckausgabe mit… (2023) 1 exemplar
[Classic Starts®: Little Women (Classic Starts® Series)] [By: Alcott, Louisa May] [March, 2005] 1 exemplar
Little women from the novel 1 exemplar
hidden Louisa may alcott 1 exemplar
Flower Fables/Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe 1 exemplar
Little Women Focus on the Family 1 exemplar
Otra mujercita LUISA M. ALCOTT 1 exemplar
Los hombrecitos entrometidos 1 exemplar
Aquelas mulherzinhas 1 exemplar
Sylvia En Haar Luimen 1 exemplar
Fijne Handschoenen 1 exemplar
Een neef en vijf nichtjes 1 exemplar
Marmee's Surprise 1 exemplar
True Friends 1 exemplar
Little Women or Meg, Beth, and Amy 1 exemplar
Bellas historias 1 exemplar
نساء صغيرات #1 1 exemplar
Eight Cousins (Unabridged) 1 exemplar
Rosa en Flor 1 exemplar
Cac Cau Be Cua Jo 1 exemplar
Los primos 1 exemplar
Mujercitas (Spanish Edition) 1 exemplar
138. Mulherzinhas 1 exemplar
A Christmas Dream Comes True 1 exemplar
The Abbot’s Ghost 1 exemplar
Piccole donne 1 exemplar
Sireenien alla 1 exemplar
Le piccole donne crescono. 1 exemplar
Ruthie Rides the Trolley 1 exemplar
Un sogno di Natale, e come si avverò 1 exemplar
Mutevoli umori 1 exemplar
Double Life, A 1 exemplar
Little Women 1 exemplar
Louisa May Alcott 5 pack: Eight Cousins, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, Little Men, Jo's Boys 1 exemplar
Lettys Landstryger og andre Fortællinger 1 exemplar
Jo's Boys (Bancroft Classics) 1 exemplar
Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, Under the Lilacs, Eight Cousins, Jack and Jill. Six Volume Set. 1 exemplar
Good Wives/Jo's Boys 1 exemplar
KUCUK KADINLAR 1 exemplar
El espectro del abad 1 exemplar
Little Men: Thanksgiving [1998 TV episode] — Författare — 1 exemplar
The Occult Fiction Collection 1 exemplar
Una ragazza vecchio stampo 1 exemplar
Little Women-1963 1 exemplar
Little Women. (1868) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ( INCLUDE: An Old-Fashioned Girl. (1870) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ) (2016) 1 exemplar
A Strange Island 1 exemplar
A Song for A Christmas Tree 1 exemplar
Väikeste naiste abielud #1.5 1 exemplar
Four Stories 1 exemplar
25 Favorite Children's Books 1 exemplar
Alcott, Louisa May Archive 1 exemplar
Mulherzinhas v.1 1 exemplar
Mulherzinhas v. 2 1 exemplar
Cousin Tribulation's Story 1 exemplar
Lost in a London Fog 1 exemplar
Piccole Donne a fumetti 1 exemplar
Flower fables ; and, Hospital sketches 1 exemplar
Short Stories Collection 1 exemplar
Rainbow classics 1 exemplar
Rosy's Journey 1 exemplar
Lesser Known Novels of Louisa May Alcott 1 exemplar
Little Women; A Simplified Version 1 exemplar
Morning Glories and Queen Aster 1 exemplar
Louisa M. Alcott. Adaptation de R. et A. Prophétie. Illustrations de Guy Sabran. Petites bonnes femmes : Les… (1950) 1 exemplar
Classic American Fiction: 22 books by Louisa May Alcott in a single file, improved 12/10/2010 (2009) 1 exemplar
Little Women Classic Reader Level 4 1 exemplar
An Hour 1 exemplar
Little Women [adapted - Sadler] — Författare — 1 exemplar
Flower Fables & A Christmas Carol 1 exemplar
The Uncollected Works of Louisa May Alcott, Volume One: Short Stories (Ironweed American Classics) (How-To Series) (2001) 1 exemplar
Chase #, Good Wives, Unmasked # 1 exemplar
Little Gulliver {short story} 1 exemplar
Usborne Young Reading Little Women 1 exemplar
Småfrøkner 1 exemplar
Småfrøknene gifter seg 1 exemplar
Christmas Reading: 400 Christmas Novels Stories Poems Carols Legends (Illustrated Edition) 1 exemplar
Piccole donne - I quattro libri 1 exemplar
PICCOLE DONNE CRESCONO 1 exemplar
The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols 1 exemplar
Green Apple - Life Skills 1 exemplar
Flower fables ; Hospital sketches 1 exemplar
En ädel qvinna 1 exemplar
Meadow Blossoms 1 exemplar
Water Cresses 1 exemplar
Will's Wonder Book 1 exemplar
How It All Happened 1 exemplar
Piccole donne Cranford collection 1 exemplar
Piccole donne (Storie senza tempo) 1 exemplar
Selected Short Stories by Louisa May Alcott 1 exemplar
Little Women (Watermill Classic) 1 exemplar
MUJERCITAS 1 exemplar
Malé ženy 1 exemplar
De kostschool van meneer Beer 1 exemplar
Otto cugini, o La collina delle zie 1 exemplar
Little Women - A Golden Picture classic 1 exemplar
Mujercitas [Paperback] Alcott, Louisa May 1 exemplar
Reader's Digest: Little Women 1 exemplar
Little Women and Other Works 1 exemplar
Old Fashioned Thanksgiving and Other Stories 1 exemplar
A Christmas Song 1 exemplar
Complete Louisa May Alcott Works - 35 Complete Works (Little Women Trilogy, An Old Fashioned Girl, Work, Eight Cousins,… (2017) 1 exemplar
The Quiet Little Woman - A Christmas Story 1 exemplar
LC: Little Women 1 exemplar
Good Wives 1 exemplar
Pack Mulherzinhas + Boas Esposas 1 exemplar
Anos Felizes 1 exemplar
Work: A S tory of Experience 1 exemplar
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Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Andra namn
- Barnard, A. M.
- Födelsedag
- 1832-11-29
- Avled
- 1888-03-06
- Begravningsplats
- Authors' Ridge, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- VS
- Födelseort
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dödsort
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Dödsorsak
- stroke
- Bostadsorter
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Utopian Fruitlands Community, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA (1843-1844) - Utbildning
- homeschooled
- Yrken
- novelist
nurse
seamstress
teacher
governess - Relationer
- Alcott, Amos Bronson (father)
Alcott, Abigail May (mother) - Organisationer
- Transcendentalism
- Agent
- Zachary Shuster Harmsworth (estate)
- Kort biografi
- Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels 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 of the well-known intellectuals of the day, such as 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 used the pen name A. M. Barnard, under which she wrote novels for young adults that focused on spies and revenge.
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted many times to the stage, film, and television.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. All her life she was active in such reform movements as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke, two days after her father died, in Boston on March 6, 1888.
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Det handlar om fyra unga flickor, mellan 12 och 16 år, och deras mor, som lever ensamma när deras far är ute och gör en insats i nordstatsarmén under amerikanska inbördeskriget. Familjen har tidigare varit rik, men har förlorat mycket av sina pengar och lever nu under mer sparsamma förhållanden. Ett av de budskap som hamras i huvudet på läsaren är dock att inte sörja över materiella ting utan vara glad över det man har, i synnerhet om man har familj och vänner.
De fyra flickorna är Meg, snart på väg »ut«, och fåfäng, pojkflickan och läsaren Jo, den änglalika Beth, och den något självupptagna Amy. Naturligtvis får de alla lära sig läxor som gör de till bättre, dygdigare flickor som deras föräldrar kan vara än stoltare över.
I alla fall för Jo och Beth känns det åtminstone någorlunda rimligt: Beth kämpar med sin blyghet, och Jo med sitt humör, och det känns som något man kan känna viss sympati med, i motsats till de skuldkänslor som påförs flickorna när de inte orkar gå och trösta de fattiga eller något annat man som duktig tös skall göra.
Nåväl, i vissa passager känns det som läromålen ibland kan glömmas för att bara skildra barndom (eftersom det här är före uppfinnandet av tonåringen är flickorna i stort sett att betrakta som barn och oskyldiga på ett sätt som ibland blir lite märkligt: idag skulle man få dra av ett par år från deras ålder för att stora delar av boken skulle kännas rimlig): låtsaslekar och en hemlig, egen tidning, utflykter.
En liten varning kan vara på plats för att boken gavs ut i två delar, men andra delen, Good Wives ges ofta ut med den första under den förstas titel. Jag har alltså bara läst första halvan, och kan inte uttala mig om andra delens eventuella kvaliteter.… (mer)