Little Women Trivia

2nd

birth order of among her four sisters

1832

year Louisa May Alcott was born

70

days it took to write Little Women

0

initial level of interest when a Boston publisher proposed to Alcott that she write a book “for girls”

1868

year Little Women was first published

1,000

approx. number of copies of Little Women currently sold every month (it’s never been out of print)

50+

translations of Little Women worldwide

22+

times the Alcott family moved  in 30 years owing to financial constraints

$945

amount paid by Louisa’s father, Amos Bronson Alcott, for Orchard House in Concord, Mass., where she wrote Little Women

30,000-50,000

number of visitors Orchard House museum receives annually

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