Louisa May Alcott, the second daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott, teacher and transcendentalist philosopher, and Abigail May, social worker and reformer, was born in the “disagreeable month” of ...

A Boston University graduate student believes he has a batch of 14 previously unattributed works written by the author of “Little Women” - under a pseudonym. Louisa May Alcott was known to ...

So you haven't read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott? Then have a seat as we follow the life of a young hotheaded woman in this coming-of-age story. One that seems to mimic parts of the author's ...

IDEAS The Christmas miracle of a newly unearthed story by Louisa May Alcott A researcher in Boston uncovers a holiday story that broadens our understanding of the ‘Little Women’ author’s genius.

Consequently, women need heroines no differently than men need heroes. Alcott provided such heroines to posterity because she was a woman far ahead of her time.

Louisa May Alcott wrote four books that make up the Little Women Universe: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, and Jo's Boys. Little Women and Good Wives usually make up the story we're familiar ...

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"Nice old place," is how Louisa May Alcott, best known as the author of the American classic “Little Women,” described York in 1876.