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<p><br><b>Loui</b>s<b>a May </b>Alc<b>ott </b>never intended to write <I>Little Women</i>. She had dismissed her publisher&#8217;s pleas for such a novel. Written out of necessity to support her family, the book had an astounding success that changed her life, a life which turned out very differently from that of her beloved heroine Jo March. <P>In <I>Louisa May Alcott, </i>Susan Cheever, the acclaimed author of <I>American Bloomsbury, </i>returns to Concord, Massachusetts, to explore the life of one of its most iconic residents. Based on extensive research, journals, and correspondence, Cheever&#8217;s biography chronicles all aspects of Alcott&#8217;s life, from the fateful meeting of her parents to her death, just two days after that of her father. She details Bronson Alcott&#8217;s stalwart educational vision, which led the Alcotts to relocate each time his progressive teaching went sour; her unsuccessful early attempts at serious literature, including <I>Moods</i>, which Henry James panned; her time as a Civil War nurse, when she contracted pneumonia and was treated with mercury-laden calomel, which would affect her health for the rest of her life; and her vibrant intellectual

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Author

Alcott;Alcott, Louisa May;Cheever, Susan

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416569923

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.65 / 5 (759 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14