Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals

by Louisa May Alcott

Overview

This volume is an intimate portrait of one of America's most beloved writers. It was the work from editor Ednah Dow Cheney. Cheney was a family friend and provides here a biographical commentary, which complements this unparalleled collection of Louisa May Alcott's letters and journal entries. 

This book will make you see the true nature of Alcott, and help you better understand her strong female voice. It will give you insight into Alcott's life, and allow you to see how her own experiences informed her timeless and famous classics.

This edition will please any lover of classic literature. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788835388203
Publisher:	Orpheus Editions
Publication date:	03/18/2020
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Little Women is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters.