Louisa May Alcott is no longer regarded as a sentimental author for girls, but as a pioneering writer of the first rank. Photos courtesy of Hulton Archive/Getty Images, Getty/Westend61; Photo ...

Little Women is a classic, but even the biggest fans need a break from the March sisters sometimes. Luckily, Louisa May ...

Louisa May Alcott, the author of "Little Women," may have written more works than readers were aware of, thanks to a scholar who made an interesting discovery. Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching ...

A special encore broadcast of American Masters — Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind ‘Little Women’ airs nationwide Sunday, May 20 at 10 p.m. on PBS (check ...

Author Louisa May Alcott, who portrayed liberated, thoughtful and independent women at a time when her message conflicted with social norms, was born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on this ...

When I was a girl in the 1980s, my parents took me to visit Orchard House, Louisa May Alcott’s home in Concord, Mass. This trip inspired me as a young writer. Through her autobiographical novel ...

Abigail May Alcott’s influence on her daughter is absent in the historic books, says Eve LaPlante in her book “Marmee and Louisa,” but she was a muse for Louisa May Alcott’s famous work. Credit: Jana ...

Watercolor of Orchard House by May Alcott Nieriker (c. 1860) (all images courtesy Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House) As a painter who left Concord, Massachusetts to study art in three European cities, ...

Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” may have been published in two parts across 1868 and 1869, but the sprawling family tale is anything but a sentimental period piece. One of the best-selling ...

NEW YORK — The current issue of Strand Magazine will give readers the chance to discover an obscure, unfinished work by “Little Women” author Louisa May Alcott and to provide their own conclusion to ...