First, a bit of housekeeping: all biographies in my library are filed alphabetically according to subject, to make them easier to find. Ergo they will appear in this blog as though the subject (in this case Louisa May Alcott) were the author. And now for something completely different.
This book was compiled by Ednah D. Cheney not long after Alcott's death, and Cheney actually knew her, which makes it that much more interesting to me. (It also means the book has 19th-century punctuation, which makes the writing somewhat stilted.)
I have to say, after reading about her life, that I feel a little bad about my unkind treatment of "Jo's Boys". Louisa May Alcott was a strong, loving and dutiful person who worked all her life with one goal: to support her family, free from debt. She worked so hard, in fact, that she nearly drove herself mad, and did lose her health. I admire her stoicism in times of trial (which were pretty much constant) and her fierce loyalty to those she loved, a trait possessed by my own baby sister.
Moreover, she did what I have always wanted to do: make a living as a writer. I am in her debt for her stories and her inspiration.
Editor: Ednah D. Cheney
Potentially objectionable content: Hard to imagine.
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