On Nov. 29, 1880, Louisa May Alcott celebrated her 48th birthday by gifting a special copy of “Little Women” to her ... published by the Boston-based Roberts Brothers that year.

A recent reread has inspired me to write about why the novel holds up even though it's from a different era A Bit of Backstory Louisa May Alcott wrote four books that make up the Little Women ...

So you haven't read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott? Then have a seat as we follow the life of a young hotheaded woman in this coming-of-age story. One that seems to mimic parts of the author's own ...

She wrote lurid, sensational stories before Little Women. Like her heroine Jo March, Louisa May Alcott wrote, published, and supported her family with what she called “blood and thunder tales ...