Little Women by Louisa May Alcott – Reprint. 1940s

Description The Details:This copy is in good condition. Some wear and tear along the edges of the boards (see photo). Mild yellowing, and foxing to the to the cut ends. Mild foxing to some interiro pages. Dedication dates it around 1948. Stunning Art Deco-esque cover. Normal shelf wear. Biro price on front cover. The Story:Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869.The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters, is classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. (Wiki) The Author:Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), 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, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Encouraged by her family, Louisa began writing from an early age. (Wiki) Related