They were prohibited from traveling to Paris at that time due to war, but a few years later May traveled to Paris on her own and continued her studies. After some curmudgeonly grumbling, Louisa agreed.Ī few years later, Louisa, May, and another friend traveled to England, where Louisa wrote and May explored and took lessons. May decided she needed more instruction, so she approached Louisa about living with her in Boston and taking art lessons there. Praise was high for Louisa’s book, but not so kind for May’s illustrations. The book begins just after Little Women has been published and the Alcott family received the first reviews. The Other Alcott is Elise Hooper’s attempt to bring May’s story to the forefront via fiction. May probably would have gone further in her career, but she died at the age of 39. Not many people know that her younger sister, Abigail May (who went by May and is Amy’s counterpart in LW) had some success as an artist. Louisa May Alcott has been famous for hundreds of years as the author of Little Women.
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