- Romans, Jeunes filles, Soeurs, Sisters
Louisa May Alcotts classic novel, set during the Civil War, has always captivated even the most reluctant readers. Little girls, especially, love following the adventures of the four March sisters--Meg, Beth, Amy, and most of all, the tomboy Jo--as they experience the joys and disappointments, tragedies and triumphs, of growing up. This simpler version captures all the charm and warmth of the original.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Louisa May Alcott
- First published
- February 1996
- Pages
- 423
- Publisher
- the thames publishing, ICON Group International, Inc., Reprint Services Corp
- Editions
- 1888
- Language
- Japanese, Italian, English, urd
- ISBN
- 9781519596659
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“CHRISTMAS won't be Christmas without any pres- " grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.”
Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832. She and her three sisters, Anna, Elizabeth, and May, were educated by their father, philosopher and teacher Bronson Alcott, and raised on the practical Christianity of their mother, Abigail May. Louisa spent her childhood in Boston and in Concord, Massachusetts, where her days were enlightened by visits to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s library, excursions into nature with Henry David Thoreau, and theatricals in the barn at "Hillside". Like her character, "Jo March" in Little Women, young Louisa was a tomboy. "No boy could be my friend till I had beaten him in a race," she claimed, "and no girl if she refused to climb trees,
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