Louisa May Alcott
novelist · Concord, Massachusetts, USA · 1832–1888
A writer who sewed, taught and nursed to feed her poor family. Little Women, written at thirty-five, paid off all the family's debts.
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May 1868
Mr. N. wants a girls' story, and I begin "Little Women." Marmee, Anna, and May all approve my plan. So I plod away, though I don't enjoy this sort of thing. Never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters; but our queer plays and experiences may prove interesting, though I doubt it.
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1869
Paid up all the debts, thank the Lord!--every penny that money can pay,--and now I feel as if I could die in peace. My dream is beginning to come true; and if my head holds out I'll do all I once hoped to do.
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