''Flower Fables'' was the first work published by

Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel ''Little Women'' (1868) and its sequels ''Good Wives'' (1869), ''Little Men'' (1871), and ''Jo's Boys'' ...

and appeared on December 9, 1854. The book was a compilation of fanciful stories first written six years earlier for Ellen Emerson (daughter of

Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionism, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalism, Transcendentalist movement of th ...

). The book was published in an edition of 1600 and though Alcott thought it "sold very well", she received only about $35 from the

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publisher, George Briggs.Matteson (2007), 220

References

Bibliography

* Matteson, John. '
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and her Father
''. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, New York, New York, 2007. .

External links

* Works by Louisa May Alcott Ralph Waldo Emerson American short story collections Children's short story collections 1854 short story collections 1850s children's books {{1850s-child-story-collection-stub