Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals
"Of no author can it be more truly said than of Louisa Alcott that her works are a revelation of herself...Writing was her constant occupation, and she was not tempted to indulge in it as a recreation. Her letters are brief, and strictly to the point, but always characteristic in feeling and expression."
DEDICATION
TO MRS. ANNA B. PRATT,
THE SOLE SURVIVING SISTER OF LOUISA M. ALCOTT, AND HER NEVER-FAILING HELP, COMFORTER, AND FRIEND FROM BIRTH TO DEATH,
This Memoir
IS RESPECTFULLY AND TENDERLY DEDICATED,
BY
EDNAH D. CHENEY.
Jamaica Plain,
June, 1889.
Introduction by Edna D. Cheney
Chapter I - Genealogy and Parentage
Chapter II - Childhood
Chapter III - Fruitlands
Chapter IV - A Sentimental Period
Chapter V - Authorship
Chapter VI - The Year of Good Luck
Chapter VII - Hospital Sketches
Chapter VIII - Europe and Little Women
Chapter IX - Europe
Chapter X - Family Changes
Chapter XI - Last Years
Last Letters
Conclusion
Louisa M. Alcott's Writings