Louisa May Alcott

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Standard Name: Alcott, Louisa May
Birth Name: Louisa May Alcott
Pseudonym: Flora Fairfield
Pseudonym: A. M. Barnard
Used Form: Louisa Alcott
United States novelist LMA published during the later nineteenth century more than three hundred writings, including works for children, short stories, letters, poetry, novels, plays, sensation fiction, and journalism.Little Women, her best-known work, remains a classic among fiction for young adults.
Black and white, three-quarter length photo of Louisa May Alcott by J. Notman, c. 1865. She sits by a table covered with books and writing implements, slightly turned and seen in profile. She wears a dark dress with large bow at the neck; her hair is waved and pulled back in a bun.

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Education Kate Clanchy
As a child KC loved Victorian stories for girls—Frances Hodgson Burnett 's A Little Princess and The Secret Garden, Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (or Susan Coolidge)'s What Katy Did, and Louisa May Alcott
Education Mary Stewart
The village of Trimdon was so isolated that there was little to do but play games and read. By the time she was four Mary could read, having begged to be included in the reading...

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