American author Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) wrote the children's book Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, which was first released in 1871 by Roberts Brothers. The book serves as a sequel or the second book in an unofficial Little Women trilogy and features characters from her 1868–1869 two–volume novel Little Women. Jo's Boys, written by Alcott in 1886, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to Little Men mark the trilogy's conclusion. The lives of Jo Bhaer, her husband, and the many pupils at Plumfield Estate School are described in Alcott's tale. The 1934 film, the 1940 film, the 1998 film, the television series, and the Japanese animated television series are all adaptations of Louisa May Alcott's classic book. Nat Blake, a bashful little orphan who is talented at playing the violin and making lies, arrives at the start of the narrative. The story is told by Nat, who also introduces each character. Several characters from the original Little Women novel make cameo appearances. The school already has ten boys enrolled. Then, Nat and his friend Dan arrive in Plumfield. After that, Nan shows up and starts hanging out with Daisy, the sole girl.
Louisa May Alcott, an American novelist and poet, was born in 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Alcott was the daughter of the famous visionary Bronson Alcott and was friend of Emerson and Thoreau. Her education was under the direction of her father, for a time at his old Temple School in Boston and, later, at home. She turned to writing in order to increase the family income and had many short stories printed in magazines and newspapers. In addition to writing, she worked as a teacher, governess, and Civil War nurse, as well as being an advocate of abolition, women's rights, and prohibition. After her experiences she wrote Hospital Sketches (1864) which won wide praise, followed by an adult novel, Moods. She is best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women is generally based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters. Alcott was writing of her own incense experiences with fame. She expired in 1888 and is buried in Sleepy Hollow cemetery in Concord Massachusetts.
