Louisa May Alcott

Little Women illustrated Louisa May Alcott

Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. A generous book. Alcott wrote it, first and foremost, to be generous to herself: It allowed her to rewrite and re-envision painful aspects of her life, both current and past, and to make bank while doing so. But it's also generous to the reader.