Little Women 9780141385587

ltpgtLouisa May Alcott 183288 was brought up in Pennsylvania USA She turned to writing in order to supplement the family income and had many short stories published in magazines and newspapers Then in 1862 during the height of the American Civil War Louisa went to Georgetown to work as a nurse but she contracted typhoid Out of her experiences she wrote ltigtHospital Sketchesltigt 1864 which won wide acclaim followed by an adult novelltigt MoodsltigtltbrgtltbrgtShe was reluctant to write a childrens book but then realized that in herself and her three sisters she had the perfect models The result was ltigtLittle Women ltigt1868 which became the earliest American childrens novel to become a classicltpgt