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 | firstname    = Louisa May
 | lastname     = Alcott
 | last_initial = Al
 | description  = American novelist; best known as author of the novel ''Little Women'' and its sequels ''Little Men'' and ''Jo's Boys''; occasionally used the pseudonym '''A. M. Barnard'''.
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==Works==
* {{copyright-until|The Inheritance|2048|extra=1849, unpublished until 1997}} <!-- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/303 -->
* [[Flower Fables]] (1855) 
* [[Hospital Sketches]] (1863) 
* [[The Rose Family: A Fairy Tale]] (1864)
* [[Moods (Alcott)|Moods]] (1864); later rev. 1882
* [[Morning-Glories and Other Stories]] (1867) 
* [[The Mysterious Key and What It Opened]] (1867) <!-- http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/mysky10h.htm -->
* [[Three Proverb Stories]] (1868) {{esl|https://archive.org/details/threeproverbstor00alcorich}}<!-- http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10360/10360-8.txt -->
* [[Little Women]]: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868) [[Image:Speaker Icon.svg|20px]] 
** [[Little Women/Part 1|Part I]]
** [[Little Women/Part 2|Part II]]
* [[An Old Fashioned Girl]] (1870) 
* [[Little Men]]: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (1871)
* [[Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag]] (1872-1882)
**[[Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag/Volume 1|Volume 1]]
**[[Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag/Volume 2|Volume 2]] 
**[[Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag/Volume 3|Volume 3]] {{small scan link|Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 3.djvu}}
**[[Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag/Volume 4|Volume 4]] {{small scan link|Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 4.djvu}}
**[[Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag/Volume 5|Volume 5]]
**[[Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag/Volume 6|Volume 6]]
* [[Transcendental Wild Oats]] (1873)
* [[Work (Alcott)|Work]]: A Story of Experience (1873)
* [[Beginning Again]], Being a Continuation of "Work," (1875)
* [[Eight Cousins]]; or, The Aunt-Hill (1875) {{ssl|Eight Cousins - Alcott (1875).djvu}}
* [[Silver Pitchers, and Independence]]: A Centennial Love Story (1876)
* [[Rose in Bloom]]: A Sequel to "Eight Cousins," 1876) {{small scan link|Rose in Bloom (Alcott).djvu}}
* [[A Modern Mephistopheles]] (1877)
* [[Under the Lilacs]] (1877) <!-- http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/ullcs11.txt -->
* [[Jack and Jill (Alcott)|Jack and Jill]]: A Village Story (1880)
* [[The Candy Country]] (1885)
* [[Jo's Boys]] and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men," (1886)
* [[Lulu's Library]] (1886-1889)
* [[A Garland for Girls, 1893|A Garland for Girls]] (1893) {{small scan link|A Garland for Girls (1893).djvu}}
** [[A Garland for Girls, 1905|A Garland for Girls]] (1905) {{small scan link|A_Garland_for_Girls_(1905).djvu}} {{smaller|(Missing one illus. plate)}}
* [[Comic Tragedies]] Written by "Jo" and "Meg" and Acted by the "Little Women," (1893)
* [[Good Wives]] {{small scan link|Good Wives.djvu}}
* [[Pauline's Passion and Punishment]]
* [[Silk Stockings]] 

=== As "A.M. Barnard" ===
The following works were published using the pseudonym ''A. M. Barnard''.
* [[Pauline's Passion and Punishment]] (1863)
* [[Behind A Mask or, A Woman's Power]] (1866)
* {{copyright-until|A Long Fatal Love Chase|2048|extra=1866—first published 1995}} <!-- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/303 -->
* [[The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation]] (1867)

===Short stories===
* [[The Brothers (Alcott)|The Brothers]]
* [[Debby's Debut]]
* [[Enigmas]] (1864)
* [[Marjorie's Three Gifts]]
*“[[The Youth's Companion/July 19, 1860/Mr. A's Journey Through the Alphabet|Mr. A’s Journey Through the Alphabet]]” (1860)<ref name="Chapnick"/>
* [[A Modern Cinderella]], or The Little Old Shoe (1860)
* [[Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine/Volume 25/Number 3/My Mysterious Mademoiselle|My Mysterious Mademoiselle]] (1869)
* [[Nelly's Hospital]]
* [[On Picket Duty and Other Tales]] (1864) <!-- http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4960 -->
* [[Scarlet Stockings]]
* [[Street Scenes in Washington]]

===Poetry===
*“[[Saturday Evening Gazette/June 7, 1856/Faith|Faith]]” (1856)<ref name="Chapnick"/>
*“[[The Liberator (newspaper)/September 18, 1857/The Factory Girl|The Factory Girl]]” (1857)<ref name="Chapnick"/>
* "[[Thoreau's Flute]]" (Sep 1863—first publ. 1950), an elegy for [[Author:Henry David Thoreau|Thoreau]] {{external scan link|https://archive.org/details/1746481.0001.001.umich.edu}}
* "[[Our Little Ghost]]" (1875)
* "[[A Christmas Song (Alcott)|A Christmas Song]]"

===As E. H. Gould===

'''E. H. Gould''' is reputedly a pseudonym used by Alcott.<ref name="Chapnick">{{Cite Q|Q123505925}}</ref>

* "[[Sweet Home; or, Friendship's Golden Altar/The Wayside|The Wayside]]" (in ''[[Sweet Home; or, Friendship's Golden Altar]]'', 1856)

==Works about Alcott==
* {{AmCyc Link|Alcott, Amos Bronson}} [Louisa May is discussed at the end of this article about her father.]
* "[[Daughters of Genius/Chapter 6|Miss Alcott]]", in ''[[Daughters of Genius]]'' (1887) by [[Author:James Parton|James Parton]]
* {{Appletons' Link|Alcott, Amos Bronson|year=1900}} [Louisa May is discussed at the end of this article about her father.]
* {{NIE Link|Alcott, Louisa May|year=1905}}
* {{BDA link|Alcott, Louisa May}}
* {{SBDEL link|Alcott, Louisa M.}}
* {{EB1911 Link|Alcott, Louisa May}}
* {{NSRW Link|Alcott, Louisa May}}
* {{Americana Link|Alcott, Louisa May|year=1920}}
* {{Collier's Link|Alcott, Louisa May}}
* {{Woman of the Century link|Louisa May Alcott}}
* {{Men of the Time link|Alcott, Louisa May}}

===Obituaries===
* [[The New York Times/Louisa M. Alcott Dead|Louisa M. Alcott Dead]] in ''New York Times'' March 7, 1888

==See also==

* [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/102 Items on Project Gutenberg]
* [https://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-a-m.html Included in Project Gutenberg Australia]

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