About the Author

Louisa May Alcott was a 19th-century American novelist best known for her novel, Little Women, as well as its well-loved sequels, Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women is renowned as one of the very first classics of children’s literature, and remains a popular masterpiece today.

Reviews

‘Six generations of readers have found in the story of the March family universal truths about girls, families and growing up.’ Guardian ‘The novel's brilliance lies in its unflinchingly honest representation of sympathetic but flawed women’ Independent ‘America’s best-loved author for the young’ New York Review of Books