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Little Women and Wicked Women: Louisa May Alcott Etexts 
Though the bulk of her fame rests squarely on Little Women, her tenderly crafted autobiographical novel about the unforgettable domestic quartet of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March, Louisa May Alcott wrote in several other genres, including thrillers and dark tales of passion, romance, and high adventure. The etexts available on the Web provide a nice sampling of the wide range of Alcott's writings.
Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on November 29, 1832, the daughter of philosopher Amos Bronson Alcott. She grew up in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts; in Concord she lived for a time at the Wayside, the "Home of Authors," where Nathaniel Hawthorne and then Margaret Sidney later lived (see Margaret Sidney: The Five Little Peppers and Their Creator). Alcott published her first story in 1848. During the Civil War, she worked as an army nurse in Washington, D.C., and later she was the editor of the children's magazine Robert Merry's Museum (which published several of the stories listed below). She died in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 6, 1888. Little Women Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (Part 1), 1868 Good Wives (Part 2), 1869 (These two volumes have generally been combined and published simply as Little Women in the United States.) An Old-Fashioned Girl, 1870 Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, 1871 Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill, 1875 Rose in Bloom: A Sequel to "Eight Cousins," 1876 Under the Lilacs, 1877 Jack and Jill: A Village Story, 1880 Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men," 1886 Little Women, 1933 (film script for the RKO adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, screenplay by Sarah Y. Mason and Vicor Heerman) Additional works on the Web by Louisa May Alcott Flower Fables, 1854, 1855 (includes short stories "The Frost King, or The Power of Love," "Eva's Visit to Fairy-Land," "Lily-Bell and Thistledown," "Little Bud," "Little Annie's Dream, or The Fairy Flower," and "Ripple, the Water-Spirit"; and poems "The Flower's Lesson," "Clover-Blossom," and "Fairy Song")
"Love and Self Love," from Atlantic Monthly, March 1860"A Modern Cinderella, or The Little Old Shoe," from Atlantic Monthly, October 1860 Hospital Sketches, 1863 "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 3, 1863 "Debby's Debut," from Atlantic Monthly, August 1863 "The Brothers" (alternate title: "My Contraband"), from Atlantic Monthly, November 1863 "A Whisper in the Dark," from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 1863 On Picket Duty, and Other Tales, 1864 (includes short stories "On Picket Duty," "The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts," "The Cross on the Old Church Tower," and "The Death of John")
Moods, 1864 "A Hospital Christmas" (originally published in Commonwealth, January 8 and 15, 1864), from Hospital Sketches, and Camp and Fireside Stories, 1869 "Love and Loyalty" (originally published in United States Service Magazine, July-December 1864), from Hospital Sketches, and Camp and Fireside Stories, 1869 "An Hour" (originally published in Commonwealth, November 26 and December 3, 1864), from Hospital Sketches, and Camp and Fireside Stories, 1869 "Mrs. Podgers' Teapot: A Christmas Story" (originally published in Saturday Evening Gazette, December 24, 1864), from Hospital Sketches, and Camp and Fireside Stories, 1869 "Nelly's Hospital," from Our Young Folks, April 1865 Behind a Mask, or A Woman's Power, 1866 The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story, 1867 The Mysterious Key, and What it Opened, 1867 "Living in an Omnibus: A True Story," from Robert Merry's Museum, October 1867 "A Strange Island," from Morning-Glories, and Other Stories, 1868 "Cousin Tribulation's Story," from Robert Merry's Museum, January 1868 "Doctor Dorn's Revenge," from Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, February 1868 "The Blue and the Gray: A Hospital Sketch" (originally published in Putnam's Magazine, June 1868), from Hospital Sketches, and Camp and Fireside Stories, 1869 "Lost in a Pyramid, or the Mummy's Curse," from The New World, January 16, 1869 "Perilous Play," from Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner, February 13, 1869 "Nurse Periwinkle Frees Her Mind," from Springfield Republican, May 5, 1869 "Scarlet Stockings," from Putnam's Magazine, July 1869 "In Brittany" (originally published as "Women in Brittany" in Christian Union, January 6, 1872), from Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools, edited by Emilie Kip Baker "Cupid and Chow Chow," from Hearth and Home, May 18 and 25, 1872 Work: A Story of Experience, 1873 "Transcendental Wild Oats," from The Independent, December 18, 1873 "How I Went Out to Service," from The Independent, June 4, 1874 Marjorie's Three Gifts, 1877 "An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving," from St. Nicholas, November 1881 Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories (originally published as Proverb Stories), 1882 (includes short stories "Kitty's Class Day," "Aunt Kipp," "Psyche's Art," "A Country Christmas," "On Picket Duty," "The Baron's Gloves," "My Red Cap," and "What the Bells Saw and Said")
"Reminiscences of Ralph Waldo Emerson," from Youth's Companion, May 25, 1882"A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True," from Harper's Young People, December 5 and 12, 1882 "A Hole in the Wall" (originally published as "Little Pyramus and Thisbe" in St. Nicholas, September and October 1883), from A Christmas Dream (vol. 1 of Lulu's Library), 1885 "Tabby's Table-Cloth," from St. Nicholas, February 1884 "Cockyloo," from A Christmas Dream (vol. 1 of Lulu's Library), 1885 "The Fairy Box," from A Christmas Dream (vol. 1 of Lulu's Library), 1885 "How They Ran Away," from A Christmas Dream (vol. 1 of Lulu's Library), 1885 "Naughty Jocko," from A Christmas Dream (vol. 1 of Lulu's Library), 1885 "The Piggy Girl," from A Christmas Dream (vol. 1 of Lulu's Library), 1885 "Rosy's Journey," from A Christmas Dream (vol. 1 of Lulu's Library), 1885 "The Skipping Shoes," from A Christmas Dream (vol. 1 of Lulu's Library), 1885 "The Candy Country," from St. Nicholas, November 1885 "The Blind Lark," from St. Nicholas, November 1886 "The Silver Party," from Harper's Young People, November 22, 1887 A Garland for Girls, 1887, 1888 (includes short stories "May Flowers," "An Ivy Spray and Ladies' Slippers," "Pansies," "Water-Lilies," "Poppies and Wheat," "Little Button-Rose," "Mountain-Laurel and Maiden-Hair," and "Mountain-Laurel")
"Recollections of My Childhood," from Youth's Companion, 1888; preface to 1930 edition of Lulu's LibrarySelected poems Bibliographic information is from Susan Lank Tolbert's comprehensive Louisa May Alcott Page. Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004. All rights reserved.
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