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Little Women Trivia | New England By The Numbers

Did you know that Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women has never been out of print? Learn more tidbits and Little Women trivia celebrating the classic book.

By Julia Shipley

Dec 10 2015

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Louisa May Alcott

Photo Credit : The Art Archive/Superstock
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Photo Credit : The Art Archive/Superstock

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