Woman who wrote about four sisters inhabiting rural cottage (6)
I believe the answer is:
alcott
'woman who wrote about four sisters' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'inhabiting rural cottage' is the wordplay.
'inhabiting' indicates a hidden word.
'ALCOTT' is hidden in the letters of 'rural cottage'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alcott that I've seen before include "Louisa May . . . . . . wrote 'Little Women'" , "Novelist" , "Author of Little Women, d. 1888" , "Louisa, a writer" , "Lousia May ---, US author" .)