Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals

Marc Notes: Reprint of the 1889 ed. published by Roberts Brothers, Boston.; Includes bibliographical references.; Offers a portrait of Louisa May Alcott through a collection of personal letters and journal entries, giving insight into her life and her work. Brief Description: Originally published just a year after Alcott's death at the age of 55, this unparalleled collection of the author's surviving personal letters and journal entries and the additional biographical commentary from family friend Cheney give the reader insight into Alcott's life. Brief Description: Reprint of the 1889 ed. published by Roberts Brothers, Boston. Brief Description: Offers a portrait of Louisa May Alcott through a collection of personal letters and journal entries, giving insight into her life and her work. Brief Description: Alcott family friend Cheney published this important work in 1889, providing insight into one of America's most beloved women authors. Biographical Note: Ednah Dow Cheney (1824-1904), who edited and annotated "Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals," was a writer, reformer, philanthropist, abolitionist and champion of women's rights. She helped recruit Boston teachers for freedmen's schools in the South after the Civil War, was vice president of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, was vice president of the New England's Women's Club, and was secretary of the New England Hospital for Women and Children. Cheney lectured widely, including at the Concord School of Philosophy on the history of art. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/29/1995 (EAN 9780816731503, Mass Market Paperbound) Contributor Bio:  Alcott, Louisa May American novelist Louisa May Alcott is best known for her classic coming-of-age novel Little Women, and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. The daughter of noted transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May Alcott, Alcott was an active abolitionist and feminist, and the first woman registered to vote in Concord, Massachusetts. Schooled mainly by her father, Alcott and her three sisters also received lessons from such notables as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller. Alcott penned her first book, Flower Fables, for Emerson's daughter, Ellen. Before gaining critical success for her children's fiction, Alcott wrote several passionate adult novels using the pen name A. M. Barnard, including A Long Fatal Love Chase and Punishment. Alcott's literary career spanned more than 40 years, and she wrote more than 30 books before her death in 1888. Contributor Bio:  Cheney, Ednah Ednah Dow Cheney (1824-1904), who edited and annotated ""Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals,"" was a writer, reformer, philanthropist, abolitionist and champion of women's rights. She helped recruit Boston teachers for freedmen's schools in the South after the Civil War, was vice president of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, was vice president of the New England's Women's Club, and was secretary of the New England Hospital for Women and Children. Cheney lectured widely, including at the Concord School of Philosophy on the history of art.