Confides the author: “These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure suggested titles for the tales…” This 1888 collection includes “May Flowers, ” “An Ivy Spray and Ladies’ Slippers, ” “Pansies, ” “Water-Lilies, ” “Poppies and Wheat, ” “Little Button-Rose, ” and “Mountain-Laurel and Maiden-Hair.”
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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer best known for her classic novel Little Women (1868-69), drawn from her own childhood. Personally educated by writers such as Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau, she first gained literary success with Hospital Sketches (1863), based on her experiences as a nurse during the Civil War. Her writing often deals with women’s issues in an honest, insightful manner.
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