Published in 1889 a year after her death, Ms. She kept right on working and was able to realize her dream of supporting her family in comfort and assisting others. After the first volume of Little Women was published, editors began soliciting her work and paying her much higher rates. but she became seriously ill after 6 weeks and never recovered her health, although that didn’t stop her from working 14 hour days, writing, writing, writing. Alcott volunteered to nurse soldiers in Washington, D.C. Alcott devoted most of her life to giving her altruistic mother, her father and her sisters some financial security. However, her philosopher father Bronson Alcott was often unable to financially support his family, and Ms.

Alcott grew up among some of the giants of American literature and history, including Emerson and Thoreau. Raised among the New England Transcendentalists in Concord and Boston, Ms. “I think disappointment must be good for me, I get so much of it and the constant thumping Fate gives me may be a mellowing process so I shall be a ripe and sweet old pippen before I die.” I told her I had lots of troubles so I write jolly tales and we wondered why we each did so.” A handsome, fresh, quiet woman, who says she never had any troubles, though she writes about woes. “Saw Miss Rebecca Harding, author of Margret Howth, which has made a stir, and is very good. Her wit and good-humor rarely failed her, and her imagination was a comfort to those who were fortunate enough to hear her stories, whether soldiers, prisoners, or the hundreds of admirers who stopped by her home to catch a glimpse of “Jo”. She was closely acquainted with grief and trouble but was buoyed in life by the tender love she had for her family and those in her humble circle, poets and intellectuals, that exemplified the virtue she valued until her death. Most known for her book, “Little Women”, Louisa May Alcott wrote mostly for children but was, and is still, adored by all ages.

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