Louisa May Alcott (1832 -1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. Due to the family's poverty, she began work at an early age as an occasional teacher, seamstress, governess, domestic helper, and writer - her first book was Flower Fables (1854). As she grew older, she developed as both an abolitionist and a feminist. A lesserknown part of her work are the passionate, fiery novels and stories she wrote, usually under the pseudonym A. M. Barnard, such as A Long Fatal Love Chase (1866). Alcott also produced moralistic and wholesome stories for children, and, with the exceptions of the semi-autobiographical tale Work (1873). In her later life, Alcott became an advocate of women's suffrage and was part of a group of female authors during the U. S. Gilded Age to address women's issues in a modern and candid manner. Despite worsening health, Alcott wrote through the rest of her life. Amongst her other works are Little Men (1871), Shawl-Straps (1895) and Marjorie's Three Gifts.
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Louisa May Alcott was both an abolitionist and a feminist. She is best known for Little Women (1868), a semiautobiographical account of her childhood years with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Alcott, unlike Jo, never married: '. . . because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man. ' She was an advocate of women's suffrage and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Massachusetts.
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Two short stories for children. In `Marjorie's Three Gifts' a young girl's birthday wishes come true in an unexpected way. In `Roses and Forget-me-nots' a rich girl learns to think of others.
Although written for children, I have read and enjoyed them as an adult. Reminiscent of Little Women etc, by the same author. Two very short stories, which could teach us all about how to live our lives less selfishly.
Although written for children, I have read and enjoyed them as an adult. Reminiscent of Little Women etc, by the same author. Two very short stories, which could teach us all about how to live our lives less selfishly.
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This book has shared some greqt principles importqnt to life and shows how jESUS in our lives transforms us and others.
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I read it, as i always do to get to the end of a book in case in my view it got better, sorry to say not. In this case, I found this very heavy weather and boring so not to my taste.Sorry.
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