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With over 270 published works, it's no surprise Louisa May Alcott's name is such a famous one. Her novels drew largely on her personal experiences and many of her works captured the 18th century's ideals and values-particularly those in middle class domestic life. But Louisa wrote with variety-although she may be famous for Little Women, she also published many "potboilers," Gothic tales, poems, and thrillers. Many of her works were published anonymously or under pen names like A.M. Barnard, Flora Fairfield, Aunt Weedy, Oranthy Bluggage and Minerva Moody.
If the title of the work is in blue, you can actually link to a page where the work is published online. Happy reading!
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"Sunlight" |
1851 |
First poem- published in Peterson's magazine under the name Flora Fairfield |
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"The Rival Painters: A Tale of Rome" |
1852 |
First published short story |
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1854 |
First published book: collection of short fairy-tale stories; includes "Ripple, the Water-Spirit", "The Frost-King; or The Power of Love" , and "Lily Bell and Thistledown" |
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1863 |
Revised edition of her letters detailing her experience as a Civil War nurse |
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1860 |
Short story published online at the Atlantic Monthly |
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1860 |
Short story published online at the Atlantic Monthly |
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1863 |
Short story published online at the Atlantic Monthly |
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1863 |
Short story published online at the Atlantic Monthly |
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"The Rose Family: A Fairy Tale" |
1864 |
Includes these poems and songs |
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Moods |
1864 |
Also prompted by her work as a Civil War nurse |
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Morning-Glories and Other Stories |
1867 |
Includes "What the Swallows Did" , "Fancy's Friend", and "Shadow's Children" |
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1867 |
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Three Proverb Stories |
1868 |
Includes: "Kitty's Class Day," "Aunt Kipp," and "Psyche's Art" |
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1868, 1869 |
Most popular novel- published in two volumes, alternately titled: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868) and Good Wives (1869) |
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1869 |
Published in Putnam's Magazine |
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1870 |
Follow-up to her success with Little Women |
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Little Men |
1871 |
Next chronicle of the March family |
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Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag |
1872-1882 |
Includes the story of "Cupid and Chow-Chow" |
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Transcendental Wild Oats |
1873 |
Account of her life in a commune |
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Work: A Story of Experience |
1873 |
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Eight Cousins |
1874 |
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Beginning Again, Being a Continuation of "Work" |
1875 |
Sequel to Work |
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1876 |
Sequel to Eight Cousins |
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A Modern Mephistopheles |
1877 |
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Under the Lilacs |
1877 |
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Jack and Jill: A Village Story |
1880 |
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1881 |
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Jo's Boys |
1886 |
Last chronicle of the March family |
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Lulu's Library |
1886-1889 |
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A Garland for Girls |
1888 |
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Comic Tragedies Written by "Jo" and "Meg" and Acted by the "Little Women" |
1893 |
Posthumously published collection of plays |
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Glimpses of Louisa: A Centennial Sampling of the Best Short Stories |
1968 |
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Louisa's Wonder Book: An Unknown Alcott Juvenile |
1975 |
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Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers |
1975 |
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Plots and Counterplots: More Unknown Thrillers |
1976 |
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A Long Fatal Love Chase |
1995 |
Romantic thriller that had gone unpublished until its release in 1995 |
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The Inheritance |
1996 |
Written in 1849, it was published after it was found in the Houghton Library at Harvard University by two researchers (Joel Myerson and Daniel Shealy) |
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unknown |
published under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard |
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various dates |
includes tribute to Henry Thoreau after his death, and a poem she wrote after the death of her mother |
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