Who is Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, Alcott sometimes used pen names such as A. M. Barnard, under which she...
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Louisa May Alcott Poems

  • Not A Sparrow Falleth But Its God Doth Know,
    "Not a sparrow falleth but its God doth know,
    Just as when his mandate lays a monarch low;
    Not a leaflet moveth, but its God doth see,
    Think not, then, O mortal, God forgetteth thee. ...
  • When It Comes Night
    "When it comes night,
    We put out the light.
    Some blow with a puff,
    Some turn down and snuff; ...
  • Quee, Quee!
    "Quee, quee!
    Wait and see:
    You were good to me;
    So here I come, ...
  • The Flower's Lesson
    There grew a fragrant rose-tree where the brook flows,
    With two little tender buds, and one full rose;
    When the sun went down to his bed in the west,
    The little buds leaned on the rose-mother's breast, ...
  • The Jungfrau To Beth
    God bless you, dear Queen Bess!
    May nothing you dismay,
    But health and peace and happiness
    Be yours, this Christmas day. ...
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Bngall: starting little women, by louisa may alcott
Bsdpredictions: louisa may alcott doesn't appear in the next chapter...
Ceiteag: 50% done with little women, by louisa may alcott
Lhsanity: my sunshine + intense as the ocean waves, calm and deep, the exact second before the sun starts peeking, louisa may alcott, and my men written by women playlist.
Daffodeela: i need bsd louisa saying feminist stuffs ngl because irl louisa may alcott wrote little women and jo march is literally there
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