At 17, this "Little Women" author wrote her first novel, "The Inheritence"
The Inheritance (1849, 
unpublished until 1997); Moods (1865, revised 1882); The Mysterious Key and 
What... [DOC] [TLE] Louisa May Alcott's first novel, The Inheritance | Louisa May Alcott ... [PAR] Dec 7, 2010 ... Susan Cheever in her biography, Louisa May Alcott A Personal Biography briefly 
mentioned Louisa's first novel, The Inheritance, written before she was twenty.