Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott

1832–1888

Best known for Little Women, this beloved American writer turned family life, hardship, and independence into stories that still feel warm and real. Her books brought spirited girls and young women to the center of the page in a way readers had not often seen before.

58 Audiobooks

Little Women

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

by Louisa May Alcott

Hospital Sketches

Hospital Sketches

by Louisa May Alcott

A Garland for Girls

A Garland for Girls

by Louisa May Alcott

Under the Lilacs

Under the Lilacs

by Louisa May Alcott

On Picket Duty, and Other Tales

On Picket Duty, and Other Tales

by Louisa May Alcott

Jo's Boys

Jo's Boys

by Louisa May Alcott

Work: A Story of Experience

Work: A Story of Experience

by Louisa May Alcott

Proverb Stories

Proverb Stories

by Louisa May Alcott

Spinning-Wheel Stories

Spinning-Wheel Stories

by Louisa May Alcott

Marjorie's Three Gifts

Marjorie's Three Gifts

by Louisa May Alcott

An Old-Fashioned Girl

An Old-Fashioned Girl

by Louisa May Alcott

Moods

Moods

by Louisa May Alcott

Tytöistä parhain

Tytöistä parhain

by Louisa May Alcott

Lulu's Library, Volume 3 (of 3)

Lulu's Library, Volume 3 (of 3)

by Louisa May Alcott

Eight Cousins

Eight Cousins

by Louisa May Alcott

May Flowers

May Flowers

by Louisa May Alcott

Plumfieldin pojat

Plumfieldin pojat

by Louisa May Alcott

Pikku miehiä

Pikku miehiä

by Louisa May Alcott

Flower Fables

Flower Fables

by Louisa May Alcott

Onder Moeders Vleugels

Onder Moeders Vleugels

by Louisa May Alcott

Viimevuotiset ystävämme

Viimevuotiset ystävämme

by Louisa May Alcott

Three Unpublished Poems

Three Unpublished Poems

by Louisa May Alcott

The Candy Country

The Candy Country

by Louisa May Alcott

Bloemensprookjes van Tante Jo

Bloemensprookjes van Tante Jo

by Louisa May Alcott

Pikku naisia

Pikku naisia

by Louisa May Alcott

Kahdeksan serkusta

Kahdeksan serkusta

by Louisa May Alcott

Lulu's Library, Volume 2 (of 3)

Lulu's Library, Volume 2 (of 3)

by Louisa May Alcott

Mia kontrabandulo

Mia kontrabandulo

by Louisa May Alcott

Lulu's Library, Volume 1 (of 3)

Lulu's Library, Volume 1 (of 3)

by Louisa May Alcott

Op Eigen Wieken

Op Eigen Wieken

by Louisa May Alcott

Mountain-Laurel and Maidenhair

Mountain-Laurel and Maidenhair

by Louisa May Alcott

Kun ruusu puhkeaa

Kun ruusu puhkeaa

by Louisa May Alcott

Little Button Rose

Little Button Rose

by Louisa May Alcott

About the author

Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832, she grew up in a family deeply connected to reform, education, and the Transcendentalist circle around Concord, Massachusetts. Financial struggles shaped much of her early life, and she worked in many ways to help support her family before finding major success as a writer.

She wrote poems, stories, thrillers, and sketches, but Little Women made her famous in 1868. Drawing on her own life with her sisters, the novel became an immediate success and was followed by Little Men and Jo's Boys. She is also remembered for Hospital Sketches and other works that mixed lively storytelling with close observation of everyday life.

What keeps her work fresh is its mix of humor, feeling, ambition, and plainspoken honesty. She wrote memorable heroines who wanted useful, meaningful lives, and that helped make her one of the most enduring voices in American literature.