Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals

by Louisa May Alcott

"Of no author can it be more truly said than of Louisa Alcott that her works are a revelation of herself...Writing was her constant occupation, and she was not tempted to indulge in it as a recreation. Her letters are brief, and strictly to the point, but always characteristic in feeling and expression."

DEDICATION

TO MRS. ANNA B. PRATT,

THE SOLE SURVIVING SISTER OF LOUISA M. ALCOTT, AND HER NEVER-FAILING HELP, COMFORTER, AND FRIEND FROM BIRTH TO DEATH,

This Memoir

IS RESPECTFULLY AND TENDERLY DEDICATED,

BY

EDNAH D. CHENEY.

Jamaica Plain,
June, 1889.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Edna D. Cheney

Chapter I - Genealogy and Parentage

Chapter II - Childhood

Chapter III - Fruitlands

Chapter IV - A Sentimental Period

Chapter V - Authorship

Chapter VI - The Year of Good Luck

Chapter VII - Hospital Sketches

Chapter VIII - Europe and Little Women

Chapter IX - Europe

Chapter X - Family Changes

Chapter XI - Last Years

Last Letters

Conclusion

Louisa M. Alcott's Writings

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