Louisa May Alcott
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Language
English
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Description
An Englishwoman falls for an older man who takes her to France where she discovers he is already married. When she leaves him, he pursues her and confines her to a lunatic asylum in Germany. But she will escape. The novel was written in 1866 and was rejected by the publisher as too sensational.
Author
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ben Brown runs away from the circus with his dog (and best friend) Sancho to seek out his missing father. He stumbles into the lives of young sisters Bab and Betty Moss who live with their mother in a quiet, tidy house. Ben's juggling skills, Sancho's trick of spelling his name with letter blocks, and the duo's other tricks of the trade charm the small family while Bab and Betty's whimsical antics and their mother's steady goodness...
13) Little women
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Series
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxii, 145 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is, of course, best known as the author of Little Women (1868). But she was also a noted essayist who wrote on a wide range of subjects, including her father's failed utopian commune, the benefits of an unmarried life, and her experience as a young woman sent to work in service to alleviate her family's poverty. Her first literary success was a contemporary close-up account of the American Civil War, brilliantly depicted...
15) Little women
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Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
For the first time, all of Alcott's known Christmas short stories and novellas are published in a single volume. These 15 enchanting tales filled with hope, sorrow, faith, joy, redemption, strength, and goodness appeal to readers of all ages. Illustrations.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
lxxvii, 652 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer illuminates the world of Little Women and its author. Since its publication in 1868-69, Little Women, perhaps America's most beloved children's classic, has been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. It has been translated into more than fifty languages and inspired six films, four television shows, a Broadway musical, an opera, and a web series. This lavish four-color edition features over 220...