Louisa May Alcott
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Publication Date
2002
Language
English
Description
"Eight Cousins" is Louisa May Alcott's classic children's tale first published in 1875. It is the story of Rose Campbell, who is thirteen when her wealthy father dies. Rose has been motherless from a young age and has had very little contact with her extended family when she finds herself orphaned. A pretty and sweet girl she is suddenly in the care of her great-aunts, her father's six brothers, their wives, and her seven male cousins. Rose must learn...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Louisa May Alcott created a story that impresses through its simplicity and is able to help teenagers regain their trust and self-confidence even today. Exploring themes that revolve around family issues, being disregarded and rejected by friends, and the struggles of a young girl in the big city, An Old-Fashioned Girl is a tale that girls and women are able to closely identify with, many having been able to find solace in Alcott's fascinating and...
3) Jo's Boys
Author
Series
Publisher
Hesperus Classics
Publication Date
2014
Language
English
Description
First published in 1886, "Jo's Boys", is considered the final book in the unofficial "Little Women" trilogy by author Louisa May Alcott. "Jo's Boys" is chiefly concerned with the lives of the Plumfield boys, who were introduced in Alcott's "Little Men". "Jo's Boys", which takes place ten years after the events of "Little Men", is a classic coming of age story for all of the characters and an entertaining glimpse into the different paths their lives...
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Publication Date
2002
Language
English
Description
First published in 1876, Louisa May Alcott's "Rose in Bloom" is the sequel to her 1875 novel, "Eight Cousins", and continues to follow the life of orphaned Rose Campbell and her numerous relatives. In "Rose in Bloom" the reader reunites with Rose, newly grown-up and returning from a two-year trip traveling in Europe. Rose, a wealthy heir, finds herself the object of many suitors and struggles to know who loves her for herself and who seeks her fortune....
5) Little Men
Author
Series
Publication Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Jo March, now married to Professor Bhaer, works together with her husband at Plumfield School, a sort of foster home where the couple hosts the children in their care. Some of them are "difficult," but they find in Jo and the professor two teachers willing to the hard work of dosing, differently for each, commitments and goals. The integration of study and work, the belief that goodness is worth more than strength, and that if a boy makes a mistake...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Publication Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A missing cake-that's how it all starts. It's stolen from Bab and Betty's tea party, and they soon discover the culprit: a lovable poodle named Sancho. His owner is a boy called Ben, who's run away from the circus. The girls' mother takes them in, and gives Ben a job helping get an old house ready for its grand re-opening.
"Under the Lilacs" follows Betty, Bab, and Ben's innocent adventures around the house and the surrounding idyllic countryside....
7) Little women
Author
Publication Date
1994
Language
English
Description
"Four sisters learn of love, selfhood, sacrifice, and generosity in a coming-of-age tale cherished by generations of readers"-- Provided by publisher.
8) Mujercitas
Author
Publication Date
2017
Language
Español
Description
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England.
9) Good Wives
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publication Date
2011
Language
English
Description
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
'Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.'
In mid-nineteenth-century Massachusetts, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March continue to encounter both joys and sorrows along life's path, as they journey into womanhood both close to home and further away. The highs and lows of the four young women's lives are shared with...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"The Mysterious Key and What It Opened" is an 1867 novel written by Louisa May Alcott. The story revolves around Lillian Trevlyn who, when only a baby, loses her father and almost loses her mother on the same day. As the years pass Lillian becomes a respectable young woman, but without ever having learnt the truth about that fateful day. That is, until Paul, an orphaned boy, enters the story as a groomsman. A light and enjoyable tale, Alcott's foray...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
On Picket Duty, and other tales' is a collection of four short stories that focus on a range of social issues that were raging in America in the nineteenth century. The tales tackle issues near and dear to Alcott's heart, mainly that of women's rights and Abolition. They are profound reading, representing a much more serious artistic creation from Alcott which is reflective and uplifting, and at times dark and gloomy with the tale of 'The Death of...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
To and fro, like a wild creature in its cage, paced that handsome woman, with bent head, locked hands, and restless steps. Some mental storm, swift and sudden as a tempest of the tropics, had swept over her and left its marks behind. As if in anger at the beauty now proved powerless, all ornaments had been flung away, yet still it shone undimmed, and filled her with a passionate regret. A jewel glittered at her feet, leaving the lace rent to shreds...
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Little Women begins the much-loved story of the March sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. The girls grow up amidst the turmoils, adventures, and hardships of the American Civil War.
There is Meg, the eldest, plump and fair; Jo, the tomboy who longs to be a writer and fights against the constraints of her sex; Beth, shy, timid, and delicate, who brings out the protective instinct in others; and Amy, the youngest and brightest and, at least in
...Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Publication Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In this charming collection of stories, the author of beloved novels such as Little Women re-imagines several classic fairy tales and fables, setting them among the austere beauty of the nineteenth-century New England countryside. A Modern Cinderella a satisfying treat for readers of all age.
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men" is commonly considered to be the last novel in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women series. It takes place ten years after Little Men and follows the children from that book into adulthood. Out in the world they deal with love, ambition, and the snobbery of society.
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Although it is Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel Little Women that is the source of most of her continued literary acclaim, Alcott was a prolific and versatile writer who produced works in virtually every genre over the course of her long career. This collection of short stories will delight confirmed fans and those just beginning to dip into Alcott's body of work.
Author
Publisher
RBA Libros, S.A
Publication Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Contains two novels about the four March sisters. 'Little women' chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England. In the second book, each of the girls finds love while tragedy strikes, causing them to take comfort in each other and home.