Many great writers are defined and remembered by one piece of work; one novel or poem that embeds itself in society. For Louisa May Alcott, it was Little Women—enjoyed by every generation since its publication. Born in 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania into a poor family, she received part of her education from family friends such as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. These early influences on the young Louisa together with her early life provided much of the material for her later novels. She was also a poet and a short story writer. Here we have gathered together some of those stories which present her in a very different light. This is a chance to explore her take on other subjects in a different discipline.
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" Even though this book was only 50 pages long, I found it incredibly boring. I am really glad I read "Little Women" before this book. "Little Women" is much better. "
— Jackie, 8/17/2012Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Educated by her father until she was sixteen, she also studied under Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Theodore Parker. A prolific writer, her most famous work was Little Women, a timeless American classic.
Richard Mitchley is an actor and narrator who has appeared in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet…, The Black Adder, and Doctor Who.
Ghizela Rowe has worked in broadcast television for thirty years on a broad range of programming. Her specialization is in music. She helps run the Copyright Group, an extensive collection of master recording rights, and has lent her voice to many audiobooks, including The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Gaskell: The Short Stories, and The Romantics: An Introduction.