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Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet better known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard, under which she wrote novels for young adults that focused on spies and revenge.

Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still a popular children's novel today. It has been adapted to film several times.

Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She died from a stroke, two days after her father died, in Boston on March 6, 1888.

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The Mysterious Key and What it Opened

From the author of ‘Little Women’, this romantic mystery follows the young Lillian Trevlyn whose father died under mysterious circumstances before she was born. Twelve years after his death, Lillian meets an orphaned boy Paul who applies to work on the estate. Though warmly welcomed by Lillian’s family, Paul is secretive about his past and his plans for the future. Does Paul know anything about the unsolved death of Lillian’s father all those years ago? The suspense reaches a climax when Paul suddenly goes missing.

‘The Mysterious Key and What it Opened’ is one of Louisa May Alcott’s hidden gems, full of mysterious as well as heart-warming moments. Louise May Alcott was an American writer who is most famous for her novel Little Women (1868). Her heartwarming and heartbreaking stories follow young girls on their journeys to becoming young women. Little Women was recently adapted into film for the seventh time in 2019, starring Saorise Ronan and Timothée Chalamet.
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Udgivelsesdato02 mar. 2022
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ISBN epub9788726903096