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 | | Louisa May Alcott. Jimmy's Cruise in the "Pinafore," &c. | Elibron Classics, 2001, 242 pages.
ISBN 9780543821799 paperback
ISBN 9780543821782 hardcover |
Replica of 1880 edition by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London. | | Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), list of works | | | Louisa May Alcott's father, a New England Transcendentalist philosopher who worked only sporadically, was often unable to support his family - so young Louisa May did all she could to supplement the family income. At age sixteen, she began writing poetry and sensational serial stories, under the name A. M. Barnard, as a way to support the family. Eventually she was able to start writing as a profession. Critics denounced her first novel, Moods, as immoral; regardless, or perhaps therefore, it sold well. In 1868, Alcott published her best-known work, Little Women, following the popular volume with four sequels. |
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