Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Auteur de Les quatre filles du docteur March
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Louisa May Alcott
The Quiet Little Woman, Tilly's Christmas, Rosa's Tale: Three Enchanting Christmas Stories (1999) 854 exemplaires, 13 critiques
Little Women (150th Anniversary Edition): With Foreword and 200 Original Illustrations (2019) 734 exemplaires, 8 critiques
Louisa May Alcott: An Intimate Anthology (New York Public Library Collector's Editions) (1997) 169 exemplaires
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving [abridgment illustrated by Jody Wheeler] (1993) 161 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story (1867) 147 exemplaires, 5 critiques
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving [adaptation illustrated by James Bernardin] (2005) 120 exemplaires, 3 critiques
Little Women, Little Men, Under the Lilacs, Eight Cousins, Jack & Jill, Jo's Boys (1962) 117 exemplaires
Transcendental Wild Oats: And Excerpts from the Fruitlands Diary (Avenel Readers Library Series) (1981) 106 exemplaires, 2 critiques
The Best of Louisa May Alcott: A Charming Illustrated Collection of Little Women, Little Men, and 24 Short Stories (1994) 104 exemplaires
Plots And Counterplots: More Unknown Thrillers Of Louisa May Alcott (1976) 75 exemplaires, 1 critique
A Vintage Christmas: A Collection of Classic Stories and Poems (2018) — Contributeur — 69 exemplaires
Little Women: The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters’ Letters and Manuscripts, Written and Folded by Hand (2021) — Auteur — 54 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Hidden Louisa May Alcott: A Collection of Her Unknown Thrillers: Two Volumes in One (1984) 40 exemplaires
The Girlhood Diary of Louisa May Alcott, 1843-1846: Writings of a Young Author (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs) (2001) 39 exemplaires, 1 critique
Glimpses of Louisa: A Centennial Sampling of the Best Short Stories (1968) 31 exemplaires, 1 critique
A Louisa May Alcott Christmas Book and Charm: Selected Holiday Stories and Poems (Charming Classics) (2004) 31 exemplaires
Little Women (Puffin in Bloom) 30 exemplaires
Louisa May Alcott Collection 39 Works: Little Women Series (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys), An… (2013) 23 exemplaires
American Classics for Children: Little Women / Pollyanna / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (2003) 20 exemplaires
Les quatre filles du docteur March [Chefs d'oeuvre universels, Gallimard jeunesse] (1868) 18 exemplaires
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150 Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good… (2015) 18 exemplaires, 1 critique
Little Women: Little Women Series, Book 1 16 exemplaires
The Early Stories of Louisa May Alcott, 1852-1860 (Ironweed American Classics) (2000) 15 exemplaires, 1 critique
Favourite Stories of Courageous Girls: inspiring heroines from classic children's books (2019) 13 exemplaires
The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School (2003) 13 exemplaires
The Little Women 4 Books Collection Box Set By Louisa May Alcott (Little Women, Good Wives, Jo's Boys & Little Men) (2022) 13 exemplaires
Les quatre filles du docteur March - Edition limitée (poche DVD du film) (2004) — Auteur — 12 exemplaires
Works of Louisa May Alcott. (35 Works) Includes Little Women, Little Men, A Country Christmas and more (2007) 10 exemplaires, 1 critique
Little Women (Modern Library) (Modern Library Classics) 10 exemplaires
The Sketches of Louisa May Alcott (Ironweed American Classics) (Ironwood American Classics) (2001) 9 exemplaires
Anne of Green Gables / Sense and Sensibility / Little Women / Pride Prejudice / Jane Eyre / Emma / The Secret Garden /… (2002) 9 exemplaires
Louisa Alcott Collection: 39 Works 8 exemplaires
LITTLE WOMEN Easton Press 7 exemplaires
Little Women, (150th Anniversary Edition) Original Illustrations: (Little Women and Good Wives) (2020) 7 exemplaires
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives,… (2007) 7 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Ultimate Christmas Collection: 150 authors & 400 Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends 7 exemplaires
Little Women: Abridged (Puffin Classics) 6 exemplaires
Eight Cousins/Good Wives/Jo's Boys/Little Men/Little Women/An Old-Fashioned Girl/Rose in Bloom (2013) 6 exemplaires
Louisa May Alcott Family Favorites Collection: 5-Book Boxed Set with Postcards & Journal (2021) 6 exemplaires
An Alcott Christmas Collection: A Christmas Dream, A Country Christmas, Excerpts from Little Women, & More (2020) 5 exemplaires
Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins, Jo's Boys, Jack & Jill, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Rose in Bloom (1946) 5 exemplaires
The Louisa May Alcott Hidden Gems Collection (Boxed Set): Eight Cousins; Rose in Bloom; An Old-Fashioned Girl; Under… (2023) 5 exemplaires
Little Women Louisa M. Alcott 1915 Hardback 4 exemplaires
The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories: Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain And… (2023) 4 exemplaires
Mujercitas para niños (Clasicos Para Ninos / Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2002) 4 exemplaires
Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More (Xist Classics) (2015) 4 exemplaires
Louisa May Alcott: Complete Collection Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated)… (2014) 4 exemplaires
A Sprig of Andromeda 3 exemplaires
Black Beauty (Whitman Classics Library) 3 exemplaires
Doctor Dorn's Revenge {short story} 3 exemplaires
50 Masterpieces you have to read 3 exemplaires
Little Women / The Last of the Mohicans / The Red Badge of Courage / Oliver Twist / Captains Courageous / The Call of… — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Charming Novels of Classic Heroines : Pollyanna, The Secret Garden, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, and Rebecca of… (2017) 3 exemplaires
Little Women (Unabridged Classics) 3 exemplaires
Perilous Play, And, Lost in a Pyramid or the Mummy's Curse (Dodo Press) (2007) 3 exemplaires, 1 critique
Pack novelas eternas I: Mujercitas, La edad de la inocencia y Marianela (Libros de Colección) 3 exemplaires
Louisa May Alcott, Betty und ihre Schwestern: Vollständige, ungekürzte Ausgabe (Anaconda Kinderbuchklassiker 15)… 2 exemplaires
Illustrated Classic Editions: Little Women 2 exemplaires
Louisa Mary Alcott, Little Women. Betty und ihre Schwestern - Erster und zweiter Teil. Schmuckausgabe mit… (2023) 2 exemplaires
Mulherzinhas - Little Women - Romance No Qual Foi Baseado O Filme Adoráveis Mulheres - 9ª Ed. (2009) 2 exemplaires
Flower fables ; and, Hospital sketches 2 exemplaires
Civil War Memoirs of Louisa May Alcott (Unabridged): Including Letters, Hospital Sketches & Biography of the Author -… (2017) 2 exemplaires
The Louisa Alcott story book 2 exemplaires
Hombrecitos para niños (Clasicos Para Ninos Classics for Children) (Spanish Edition) (2019) 2 exemplaires
Tant Hannas gossar 2 exemplaires
The Little Women Collection Box Set (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys) (2019) 2 exemplaires
Little women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. With an introduction by Edward Weeks and illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. 2 exemplaires
Маленькие женщины (Russian Edition) 2 exemplaires
Little Women Wedded Forming a Sequel To "Little Women' 2 exemplaires
Little Women~, Modern Abridged Ed. #1605 1 exemplaire
Christmas Stories 1 exemplaire
Behind a Mask or A Womans Power 1 exemplaire
The Little Women Collection 1 exemplaire
Little Women (Annotated): The Original Edition with 200+ Illustrations, Biographical Introduction, and Interesting… 1 exemplaire
Little Women: illustrated Abridged Children Classics English Novel with Review Questions (Illustrated Classics) R2,3 1 exemplaire
Little Women 1 exemplaire
1911 OLD FASHIONED GIRL LOUISA MAY ALCOTT LITTLE WOMEN AUTHOR WITH DUST JACKET [Hardcover] LOUISA MAY ALCOTT 1 exemplaire
HLe Ipiccole donne crescono 1 exemplaire
"Lullaby" 1 exemplaire
Những cô gái nhỏ 1 exemplaire
Little Women Junior Classics for Young Readers 1 exemplaire
Louisa May Alcott - A Short Story Collection: Transcendental Wild Oats, The Brothers, My Red Cap & Lost in a London Fog (2022) 1 exemplaire, 1 critique
Jo en haar susters 1 exemplaire
Piccole donne - I quattro romanzi 1 exemplaire
En präktig flicka 1 exemplaire
Little Women - Little Reads 1 exemplaire
Meisjes omnibus : Heidi - De vier zusjes March 1 exemplaire
Lettys Landstryger og andre Fortællinger 1 exemplaire
Aquellas mujercitas 1 exemplaire
Otra mujercita LUISA M. ALCOTT 1 exemplaire
Bellas historias 1 exemplaire
Un sogno di Natale, e come si avverò 1 exemplaire
Book Study: Little Men 1 exemplaire
Jo's Boys (Bancroft Classics) 1 exemplaire
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Los hombrecitos entrometidos 1 exemplaire
Little Women Focus on the Family 1 exemplaire
Aquelas mulherzinhas 1 exemplaire
Little Women Illustrated Complete Authorized Edition 1 exemplaire
Sylvia En Haar Luimen 1 exemplaire
JO`S BOYS regent classics 1 exemplaire
Fijne Handschoenen 1 exemplaire
Jack And Jill by Louisa M. Alcott 1 exemplaire
Een neef en vijf nichtjes 1 exemplaire
True Friends 1 exemplaire
Good Wives/Jo's Boys 1 exemplaire
Little Men: Thanksgiving [1998 TV episode] — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Ruthie Rides the Trolley 1 exemplaire
Cac Cau Be Cua Jo 1 exemplaire
138. Mulherzinhas 1 exemplaire
Róża w rozkwicie 1 exemplaire
Pod krzewami bzu 1 exemplaire
Ośmioro kuzynów 1 exemplaire
Staroświecka dziewczyna 1 exemplaire
Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, Under the Lilacs, Eight Cousins, Jack and Jill. Six Volume Set. 1 exemplaire
El espectro del abad 1 exemplaire
Hombrecitos. Prologo con resena critica de la obra, vida y obra del autor, y marco historico. (Spanish Edition) (2013) 1 exemplaire
Le piccole donne crescono. 1 exemplaire
Sireenien alla 1 exemplaire
LITTLE WOMEN 1 exemplaire
Little Women (Folio Society) 1 exemplaire
CLASICOS: MUJERCITAS 1 exemplaire
Rosa en Flor 1 exemplaire
Юные жены (Азбука-классика) (Russian Edition) 1 exemplaire
Маленькие мужчины 1 exemplaire
Louisa May Alcott Poetry Collection: The Lay of the Golden Goose, Our Little Ghost, Fairy Song, Brighter Shone the… 1 exemplaire
Chronicle of the March family. 1. Little women, by Louisa M. Alcott. Illustrations by Elinore Blaisdell 1 exemplaire
Louisa May Alcott 5 pack: Eight Cousins, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, Little Men, Jo's Boys 1 exemplaire
The Read-Aloud Treasury Vol. 2 - More Classics 1 exemplaire
Little Women. (1868) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ( INCLUDE: An Old-Fashioned Girl. (1870) NOVEL by: Louisa May Alcott ) (2016) 1 exemplaire
A Strange Island 1 exemplaire
A Song for A Christmas Tree 1 exemplaire
Väikeste naiste abielud #1.5 1 exemplaire
Four Stories 1 exemplaire
25 Favorite Children's Books 1 exemplaire
Little Women-1963 1 exemplaire
Alcott, Louisa May Archive 1 exemplaire
Mulherzinhas v.1 1 exemplaire
Mulherzinhas v. 2 1 exemplaire
The Occult Fiction Collection 1 exemplaire
Cousin Tribulation's Story 1 exemplaire
The Santa's Big Book of Christmas Tales: 500 Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends: Silent Night, The Gift of… 1 exemplaire
The Santa's Great Treasure Chest: 450+ Christmas Novels, Tales, Carols & Legends (2019) 1 exemplaire
Piccole Donne a fumetti 1 exemplaire
The Collection of Santa Claus (Illustrated Edition) 1 exemplaire
Little Women Classic Reader Level 4 1 exemplaire
Short Stories Collection 1 exemplaire
Rainbow classics 1 exemplaire
Rosy's Journey 1 exemplaire
Six Volumes: Life Letters and Journals | Eight Cousins | Jack and Jill | Jo's Boys | Old Fashioned Girl | Little… 1 exemplaire
Lesser Known Novels of Louisa May Alcott 1 exemplaire
Shoes and Stockings: A Collection of Short Stories 1 exemplaire
Little Women; A Simplified Version 1 exemplaire
Morning Glories and Queen Aster 1 exemplaire
Louisa M. Alcott. Adaptation de R. et A. Prophétie. Illustrations de Guy Sabran. Petites bonnes femmes : Les… (1950) 1 exemplaire
Classic American Fiction: 22 books by Louisa May Alcott in a single file, improved 12/10/2010 (2009) 1 exemplaire
Independence; a centennial love story {short story} 1 exemplaire
An Hour 1 exemplaire
Little Women [adapted - Sadler] — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Flower Fables & A Christmas Carol 1 exemplaire
The Uncollected Works of Louisa May Alcott, Volume One: Short Stories (Ironweed American Classics) (How-To Series) (2001) 1 exemplaire
Chase #, Good Wives, Unmasked # 1 exemplaire
Little Women. The Great Writers Library 1 exemplaire
Little Women 1 exemplaire
Usborne Young Reading Little Women 1 exemplaire
The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols 1 exemplaire
Green Apple - Life Skills 1 exemplaire
En ädel qvinna 1 exemplaire
Våra vänner från i fjor eller Systrarne Marchs senare lefnadsöden fortsättning och slut… 1 exemplaire
Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (Abridged) 1 exemplaire
Water Cresses 1 exemplaire
Will's Wonder Book 1 exemplaire
How It All Happened 1 exemplaire
Piccole donne Cranford collection 1 exemplaire
Una ragazza vecchio stampo 1 exemplaire
PICCOLE DONNE CRESCONO 1 exemplaire
Flower Fables/Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe 1 exemplaire
Little Women or Meg, Beth, and Amy 1 exemplaire
UNDER The LILACS. Beacon Hill Bookshelf Series. 1 exemplaire
Marmee's Surprise 1 exemplaire
Alcott, Louisa May: The Complete Children's Stories 1 exemplaire
My Memoirs of the Civil War: The Louisa May Alcott's Collection: Including Letters, Hospital Sketches & Biography of… 1 exemplaire
hidden Louisa may alcott 1 exemplaire
نساء صغيرات #1 1 exemplaire
Mutevoli umori 1 exemplaire
Little Women ... Illustrated ... by S. Van Abbe 1 exemplaire
Collection: Garland for Girls, ABA, Old-Fashioned Girl, Aunt Jo's Scrapbag, Behind a Mask or Woman's Power, Comic… 1 exemplaire
De kostschool van meneer Beer 1 exemplaire
Otto cugini, o La collina delle zie 1 exemplaire
Louisa May Alcott. Her life, letters, and journals 1 exemplaire
Little Women - A Golden Picture classic 1 exemplaire
Mujercitas [Paperback] Alcott, Louisa May 1 exemplaire
Little Women (Watermill Classic) 1 exemplaire
Reader's Digest: Little Women 1 exemplaire
Little Women and Other Works 1 exemplaire
Old Fashioned Thanksgiving and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
A Christmas Song 1 exemplaire
LC: Little Women 1 exemplaire
Piccole donne - I quattro libri 1 exemplaire
Småfrøkner 1 exemplaire
Little Women [dramatization] 1 exemplaire
Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt Hill 1 exemplaire
Christmas Reading: 400 Christmas Novels Stories Poems Carols Legends (Illustrated Edition) 1 exemplaire
Småfrøknene gifter seg 1 exemplaire
Louisa May Alcott, 5 Volumes, Junior Deluxe Editions, Little Men, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, Jo's Boys, Eight… 1 exemplaire
The Ultimate Christmas Reading: 400 Christmas Novels Stories Poems Carols Legends (Illustrated Edition) 1 exemplaire
Selected Short Stories by Louisa May Alcott 1 exemplaire
Anos Felizes 1 exemplaire
Pack Mulherzinhas + Boas Esposas 1 exemplaire
Little women, read by Connie Booth: [audio book] 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Barnard, A. M.
- Date de naissance
- 1832
- Date de décès
- 1888
- Lieu de sépulture
- Authors' Ridge, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Cause du décès
- stroke
- Lieux de résidence
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Utopian Fruitlands Community, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA (1843-1844) - Études
- homeschooled
- Professions
- novelist
nurse
seamstress
teacher
governess - Relations
- Alcott, Amos Bronson (father)
Alcott, Abigail May (mother) - Organisations
- Transcendentalism
- Agent
- Zachary Shuster Harmsworth (estate)
- Courte biographie
- 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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- Popularité
- #99
- Évaluation
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- Critiques
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