![]() ![]() Looking for a bestseller, a publisher asked Alcott to write a book for girls. She turned her experiences into Hospital Sketches (1863), which earned her a reputation as a serious literary writer. In 1862, she worked as a nurse for Union troops in the Civil War until typhoid fever broke her health. ![]() ![]() In 1852, her first story, the Rival Painters: A Tale of Rome, was published in a periodical, and she made a living off sentimental and melodramatic stories over the next two decades. Louisa dedicated most of her life and writing to supporting her family. ![]() Her father started a school based on Transcendentalist teachings, but after six years it failed, and he was left unable to support the family. The liberal attitudes of the Transcendentalists left a strong mark on Louisa May Alcott. She was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of her life in Concord, Massachusetts, where her father, Bronson, associated with Transcendentalist thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Like the fictional Jo March, Alcott was the second of four daughters. The novel will become Alcott’s first bestseller and a beloved children’s classic. The first volume of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved children’s book Little Women is published on September 30, 1868. ![]()
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