LoveReading4Kids Says
The four sisters, each with a striking and strong character, between them represent any girls growing up at any time. Meg, the eldest, is sixteen and very pretty; fifteen year old Jo is a tomboy who loves reading; delicate, thirteen year old Beth plays the piano beautifully while twelve year old Amy, is pretty but a little bit selfish and indulged. How their sisters fill their time with creative activities and good work and how they all fall in love in their different ways with the boy next door is full of period charm as well as being totally topical and applicable for modern readers.
Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
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Little Women Synopsis
Ladylike Meg, artistic tomboy Jo, frail Beth, and charming Amy-each March sister has her own dreams, struggles, and fears. The March sisters learn that learning how to be a "little woman" is never simple, but it's much sweeter to do when they have their sisters by their sides.
This rich and realistic portrait of growing up is now available in its entirety in this paperback edition, perfect for young readers' libraries.
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9781454950028 |
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17th August 2023 |
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Louisa May Alcott |
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Union Square Kids |
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Paperback |
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592 pages |
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Children's Signature Editions |
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About Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott, daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott, one of Emerson's circle of friends, was born in Philadelphia in 1832. Educated mainly by H. D. Thoreau and her father, Miss Alcott served as a hospital nurse during the Civil War. Her first book, Flower Fables, appeared in 1854, and her next work, Hospital Sketches (1863), consisted of her letters home from the Union Hospital during the war. She first gained a wide reputation with Little Women (1868-69), and her best subsequent work was done in the same field. Her chief publications after Little Women are the following: An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Little Men (1871), Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag (1871-79), Work (1873), Silver Pitchers (1876), Rose in Bloom (1876), Jo's Boys (1886), and A Garland for Girls (1887). Good Wives is the second part of Little Women. Miss Alcott died in 1888.
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