One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, in a house in Concord, Massachusetts, Louisa May Alcott wrote one of the most beloved books in American literature, "I don't remember ever not knowing what 'Little ...

When Louisa May Alcott died, The New York Times duly noted the passing of the highest-paid writer of the era. The author of Little Women "did not attempt to do more than she could do well, and her ...

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 ...

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 ...

Louisa May Alcott has held up remarkably well. Generations of readers have kept her best-known book, “Little Women,” continuously in print since its publication in 1868. Besides that, Alcott’s ...

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, ...

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 ...

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT: A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY By Susan Cheever Simon & Schuster, $26 298 pages, illustrated Ever since the mid-20th century, when Madeleine Stern discovered that Louisa May Alcott had ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

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 ...

“Never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters, but our queer plays and experiences may prove interesting, though I doubt it.” So reads the grumbly journal entry of Louisa May Alcott upon ...

For those who know Louisa May Alcott only as the author of some of the most enduring classics of children’s literature, “Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind ‘Little Women’ ” will be a revelation. For ...