From then on, Alcott supported herself and her family by writing novels for girls.

从那以后，Alcott就通过为女性读者写书养活自己和她的家人。

Alcott took care of her family for the rest of her life.

Alcott的余生都在照料她的家人。

Alcott also started writing when she was young.

Alcott开始写作时的年纪也很小。

In 1861, the Civil War broke out. Alcott worked as a volunteer sewing uniforms and bandages for soldiers.

1861年，美国内战爆发。Alcott成为了一名志愿者，给士兵们缝制军服和绷带。

Alcott today, what do you think you would ask her?

奥尔科特今天，你觉得你会问她什么？

Bronson Alcott was a philosopher but not a provider. And the family lived close to poverty.

Bronson Alcott是一位哲学家，但并不擅长挣钱养家。他们一家人的生活几近贫困。

All of those were, for Alcott, part of the mainstream of American culture.

对奥尔科特来说， 所有这些都是美国文化主流的一部分。

After the Civil War ended, Alcott wrote a two-volume book, a two-part book, called Little Women.

南北战争结束后， 奥尔科特写了一本两卷本的书， 分为两部分，叫做《小妇人》。

She was born in 1832, the daughter of Bronson Alcott, who was one of the founders of the Transcendentalist Movement.

她出生在1832年，父亲叫做Bronson Alcott，是超验主义的创始人之一。

Even the old Inspector was desirable, as a change of diet, to a man who had known Alcott.

对于一个认识奥尔科特的人来说，即使是老督察也很受欢迎，因为他改变了饮食习惯。

Alcott used her own experiences and those of her mother and sisters to base the novels on.

奥尔科特以她自己以及她母亲和姐妹的经历作为小说的基础。

These books were popular, but never as popular as the Little Women books that Alcott wrote.

这些书很受欢迎，但从未像奥尔科特写的《小妇人》那样受欢迎。

It includes the states of Massachusetts where Alcott was living, as well as Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

它包括奥尔科特居住的马萨诸塞州，以及罗得岛州、佛蒙特州、新罕布什尔州和缅因州。

Even though Alcott was a successful writer, she continued to stay at home and take care of her parents.

尽管奥尔科特是一位成功的作家，但她仍然留在家里照顾父母。

Alcott has known for her moralistic girls' novels. But she was a much more serious individual than those novels might lead one to belief.

Alcott以写女性说教类小说而出名。但是大家千万别被这些小说误导了，她本人比小说中的人物要严肃得多。

Alcott died on March sixth, 1888, from a stroke, from an interruption of blood flow into the brain.

奥尔科特于 1888 年 3 月 6 日死于中风，原因是流入大脑的血液中断。

Alcott continued writing about the girls in Little Women in a number of other books.

奥尔科特继续在其他一些书中描写《小妇人》中的女孩。

Fortunately, Alcott got better but she was never completely healthy again.

幸运的是，奥尔科特的病情有所好转，但她再也没有完全恢复健康。

It seems fitting to finish with Alcott's last sentence: " I can never wish you a greater happiness than this" !

用奥尔科特的最后一句话来结束似乎很合适：“我再也没有比这更幸福的祝福了” ！

Alcott used a pseudonym, A. M. Barnard, but her stories were not very successful.

奥尔科特使用化名 A。 M. Barnard，但她的故事不是很成功。