Louisa May Alcott (pictured) wrote a draft of the story Aunt Nellie's Diary in the late 1840s but never finished the manuscriptAn unfinished story by Little Women author Louisa May Alcott is being published for the first time - with readers encouraged to provide their own ending. The 17-year-old Alcott wrote a draft of the story Aunt Nellie's Diary in the late 1840s but the 9,000-word fragment was never completed. Because 'Aunt Nellie's Diary' ends with various storylines unresolved, Gulli is inviting readers to complete the story. Around the same time she attempted 'Aunt Nellie's Diary,' she worked on her first novel, 'The Inheritance,' which remained unpublished until the 1990s. 'If I had to compare this to Little Women, I'd say that you can see her ability to create characters that you can take an interest in.

Source: Daily Mail June 25, 2020 11:39 UTC