Project Gutenberg 2011-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 617 Alcott, Louisa May 1832 1888 Barnard, A. M. Alcott, Louisa M. (Louisa May) Alcott, L. M. (Louisa May) Cheney, Ednah Dow 1824 1904 Cheney, E. D. (Ednah Dow) Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals Introduction -- Genealogy and parentage -- Childhood -- Fruitlands -- The sentimental period -- Authorship -- The year of good luck -- "Hospital sketches" -- Europe, and "Little women" -- Europe -- Family changes -- Last years -- Conclusion. Juliet Sutherland, Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals" by Louisa May Alcott is a biographical memoir compiled in the late 19th century. The work offers an intimate look at Alcott's life through personal letters, journals, and edited contributions from those close to her, revealing the experiences that shaped her as a writer and a person. It delves into her early years, family background, and the sentiments that inspired her acclaimed literary works, drawing connections between her life and her storytelling. At the start of this memoir, the reader is introduced to Alcott's genealogy and early life, framed within affectionate reflections from her parents that highlight her upbringing in a close-knit family invested in intellectual and moral pursuits. The narrative portrays Louisa as an inquisitive and imaginative child, keen on education yet often grappling with the expectations placed upon her. The memoir includes early anecdotes from her childhood, revealing her natural prowess for storytelling and her blossoming awareness of the world around her, setting the stage for a deeper understanding of her later literary endeavors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38049/38049-h/images/cover.jpg en Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 PS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature 750495 750387 2024-09-16T06:28:30.335602 2023-09-16T12:41:29.120832 text/html text/html 764326 2021-09-03T15:05:18 text/html 1116985 2024-09-16T06:28:42.969540 application/epub+zip 1129690 2024-09-16T06:28:32.300577 application/epub+zip 349224 2024-09-16T06:28:31.293582 application/epub+zip 1328312 2024-09-16T06:28:49.758490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1314524 2024-09-16T06:28:41.586530 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 535902 2022-09-17T11:38:14.730302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 681597 681534 2024-09-16T06:28:28.429621 2023-09-16T12:41:27.466806 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 681308 2021-09-03T15:06:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19850 2024-09-16T06:28:49.926476 application/rdf+xml 8905 2024-09-16T06:28:31.423570 image/jpeg 1671 2024-09-16T06:28:31.359573 image/jpeg 267159 2021-09-03T15:07:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 1047937 2021-09-03T15:08:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 1066303 2024-09-16T06:28:30.426581 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia