Books by Louisa May Alcott

Book SynopsisCollects stories of the author, from the yuletide festivities of Marmee and her 'little women' to the moving 'What Love Can Do'.Trade Review“For lit nerds and loved ones who are notoriously hard to shop for, you can’t go wrong with these festively bound classics. . . . Their size makes them perfectly stocking-stuffable.” —Entertainment Weekly, “The Must List” “Leave it to the folks at Penguin—who gave us Gothed-out editions of horror classics for Halloween—to package these . . . slim Yuletide-themed volumes.” —Newsday, “Best Books to Give as Holiday Gifts” “Remember how Christmas was celebrated before Black Friday with these 19th-century authors, in small uniform volumes wrapped in pretty jackets.” —USA Today, “Holiday Gift Books So Pretty, No Need to Wrap” “Beautifully designed.” —The Washington Post

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Book SynopsisThis stunning Oxford Children's Classic edition is the perfect introduction to Little Women-the ultimate tale of sisterhood. Features the complete unabridged text, an introduction by Laura Dockrill, and other bonus material including insights for readers, facts, activities and more . . .

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Book SynopsisIncluding an introduction from writer and feminist activist Scarlett Curtis, curator of Sunday Times Bestseller Feminists Don''t Wear Pink.Now a major new movie, starring Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet and Meryl Streep Meet the March Sisters: Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there''s tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first Finally there''s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Even though money is short, times are tough and their father is away at war, their infectious sense of fun sweeps everyone up in their adventures - including Laurie, the boy next door. And through sisterly squabbles and tragic losses, the sisters discover that growing up is sometimes very hard to do. The Sisterhood collection celebrates the best-loved classics, written by some of the best female authors in history for International Women''s Day. Read the rest of the collection:The Railway Children Heidi Pride and Prejudice A Little Princess Anne of the Green Gables

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Book SynopsisPenguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers'' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.Visit the Penguin Readers websiteExclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys. Little Women is the story of a poor American family in the American Civil War. The four sisters, Beth, Jo, Meg and Amy are very different. But together they work hard and help their mother and father. Sometimes their lives are very happy, and sometimes they are very sad. But the family''s love always helps them.

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Book Synopsis''The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed''Continuing the adventures of the March sisters from Little Women, Little Men follows the story of spirited, determined Jo, now married with two sons, and running a school. But this is no conventional school. Its pupils are a band of boisterous orphans, pillow fights are allowed on Saturdays, and each child is respected for who they are including Nat, a skinny, nervous boy with a talent for the violin.Showing how families can take many forms, Louisa M. Alcott's beloved novel is a celebration of the magic of childhood.

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Book SynopsisPuffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition Little Women complete with a stunning new cover.Christmas won''t be the same this year in the March household, with Father at war and Mother struggling to make ends meet. But even though times are tough, the March sisters'' spirits remain high! Together, through love, heartache, and a ''misplaced'' manuscript, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy learn that growing up and into the ''little women'' society expects them to be is going to be much harder than they thought...

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Book SynopsisPuffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of Good Wives. Three years on from Little Women, the March girls and their friend Laurie are young adults with their futures ahead of them. Although they all face painful trials along the way - from Meg's sad lesson in housekeeping to Laurie's disappointment in love and a tragedy which touches them all - each of the girls finally finds happiness, if not always in the way they expect.

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Book SynopsisPuffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of Jo's Boys. Ten years after the school at Plumfield was founded, Jo's boys - including wanderer Dan, sailor Emil and musician Nat - are grown up and discovering more about the world. But life after childhood can be confusing and frightening, and it is Jo and the warm-hearted March family who can comfort and guide the boys when they need it the most...

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Book SynopsisPuffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of Little Men. With two young sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the unusual school at Plumfield, Jo March - now Mrs Jo Bhaer - couldn't be happier. But the boys have a habit of getting into scrapes, and their mischievous antics call for the warm and affectionate support of the whole March family to help avoid disaster...

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Book Synopsis The beautiful 150th anniversary edition of Louisa May Alcott''s classic tale of the four March sisters, featuring new illustrations and an introduction by New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney SullivanFor generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott''s March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role each wants to play in the world, and, along the way, join them on countless unforgettable adventures.Readers young and old will fall in love with this beloved classic, at once a lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life and a feminist novel about young women defying society''s expectations.

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Book SynopsisLittle Women is one of the most beloved novels in children's literature and considered a perennial classic with fans all over the world.Trade ReviewI know I will remember this book for years to come and it will always feel as if it were almost yesterday that I read it, as it is a book to treasure and keep on a dusty bookshelf to pass on for generations -- Dewdrop * Guardian *I try to get every girly girl to read this one because those four sisters are so real. Everybody's favourite is Jo, the tomboy who wants to be a writer -- Jacqueline WilsonDeals with life's big questions - love and death, war and peace, and ambition versus family responsibility - in a way that is inspiring and realistic. Use a hankie as a bookmark - tears are guaranteed * Marie Claire *The book is not so much a novel, in the Henry James sense of the term, as a sort of wad of themes and scenes and cultural wishes. It is more like the Mahabharata or the Old Testament than it is like a novel. And that makes it an extraordinary novel * New Yorker *Alcott's writing was elegant yet poignant and haunting at moments, and perfect for the era it was set in, whilst the sister's personalities were intricately described throughout the whole book. It gave you a sense of what it was like to be a normal family in the 1800's and subtly showed the feelings of each character -- Dewdrop * Guardian *A beautiful heartwarming read -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * Prima *Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is as much a part of every girl's childhood as her first pair of ballet shoes and the Brothers Grimm * Mail on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisLittle Women is one of the most beloved novels in children's literature. A perennial classic with fans over the world. Good Wives is the second book in the series.

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Book SynopsisLittle Women is one of the most beloved novels in children's literature and considered a perennial classic with fans all over the world. Little Men is the third book in the series.Trade ReviewSix generations of readers have found in the story of the March family universal truths about girls, families and growing up * Guardian *The best boys - in the literary sense - that we have ever come across * Spectator *Louisa May Alcott is the only author who remains both popular and literary today ... Little Women was widely read, but its sequel Little Men even more so, perhaps because it was checked out by boys, too * New York Times *The novelist of children ... the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom -- Henry James

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Book SynopsisJo's Boys is the final book in the Little Women series, one of the most beloved classics in children's literature.

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Book SynopsisThe Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Louisa May Alcott illuminates the world of Little Women and its author.

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative, accurate text of the first edition (1868–69) of Little Women is accompanied by textual variants and thorough explanatory annotations.

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Book SynopsisLouisa May Alcott shares the innocence of girlhood in this classic coming of age story about four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.   In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy are responsible for keeping a home while their father is off to war. At the same time, they must come to terms with their individual personalities—and make the transition from girlhood to womanhood. It can all be quite a challenge. But the March sisters, however different, are nurtured by their wise and beloved Marmee, bound by their love for each other and the feminine strength they share. Readers of all ages have fallen instantly in love with these Little Women. Their story transcends time—making this novel endure as a classic piece of American literature that has captivated generations of readers with their charm, innocence, and wistful insights.This Signet Classics edition contains Little WomTrade Review.

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Book SynopsisAt Plumfield, an experimental school for boys, the little scholars can do very much as they please, even slide down banisters. For this is what writer Jo Bhaer, once Jo March of Little Women, always wanted: a house “swarming with boys…in all stages of…effervescence.” At the end of Little Women, Jo inherited the Plumfield estate from her diamond-in-the-rough Aunt March. Now she and her husband, Professor Bhaer, provide their irrepressible charges with a very different sort of education—and much love. In fact, Jo confesses, she hardly knows “which I like best, writing or boys.” Here is the story of the ragged orphan Nat, spoiled Stuffy, wild Dan, and all the other lively inhabitants of Plumfield, whose adventures have captivated generations of readers.Trade Review“A natural source of stories...she is, and is to be, the poet of children.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson “The novelist of children…the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom.”—Henry James“The best boys—in the literary sense—that we have ever come across.”—London Spectator

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Book SynopsisComedy / adapted from the novel by Louisa M. Alcott / Casting: 5m, 7f / InteriorThe story of LITTLE WOMEN, Louisa M. Alcott''s famous novel, is so well known and so well loved that it is hardly surprising that many attempts have been made to portray its characters upon the stage. None has yet been so successful, however, as this brilliant dramatization by Peter Clapham. The structure of the play faithfully covers that of the novel, interweaving the lives of the March girls, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, and Laurie, the boy next door, as they grow up happily together, yet the action is contained neatly in one set. All the overtones of gaiety and the undertones of sadness are here, bringing the story completely to life in a way which is both accurate and dramatically satisfying.

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Book SynopsisIn time for the new major feature film in late 2019, a timeless new edition of one of the most beloved novels in American literature.

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Book SynopsisLouisa May Alcott's beloved tale about Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy is presented in a beautiful Everyman's Library Children's Classics edition. The story of the four sisters' dreams, quarrels, and romances are brought to vivid life in this edition that features full cloth binding in bold, bright colors; silk ribbon marker and headband; two-color illustrated endpapers and illustrations throughout. A brief biography of Alcott is also included.

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Book SynopsisThis timeless classic is now an easy-to-read chapter book!The four March sisters--Meg, Amy, Beth, and feisty Jo--share the joys and sorrows of growing up while their father is away at war. The family is poor in worldly goods, but rich in love and character.

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Book SynopsisThis Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle alone.Beautiful new illustrations throughout and a gorgeous larger format with ribbon marker bring the magic of this classic story to a new generation of children.

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Book SynopsisLouisa May Alcott was born in Pennsylvania in 1832, the second of four daughters to the philosopher Amos Bronson Alcott, and she died in 1888 at the age of fifty-six. She was educated at home and went on to become a schoolteacher in Boston. Her first book, Flower Fables, was published when she was twenty-two, but she interrupted her career as a writer to nurse soldiers at a Washington hospital during the Civil War. Her most enduring book, Little Women, was published in 1868, and was an instant success. Her other books include Little Men and Jo's Boys.

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Book SynopsisThis beautiful, giftable collection celebrates both the wisdom and tenacity of courageous women who defied society’s expectations and gifted the world with literary treasures through unparalleled fiction and poetry.

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Book SynopsisThe heartwarming classic is now available in an affordable softcover edition featuring a striking cover and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for classic fiction lovers, readers in high-school or college literature courses, and fans of annual reading challenges and Required Reading lists.The Little Women softcover edition: Presents Louisa May Alcott''s beloved coming-of-age novel of the four March sisters, viewed by many literary scholars as one of the most widely read novels of all time; its 1868--1869 publication helped secure Alcott''s place in literature''s pantheon of great writers Explores such important themes as women''s struggle to achieve personal growth vs. maintaining domestic responsibilities; the necessity of work; the ramifications of gender stereotyping; and the importance of being genuine to oneself. Is ideal for Louisa May Alcott aficionados, fans of literary fiction an

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Book SynopsisA Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)Louisa May Alcott''s timeless classic, set during the Civil War, follows the lives, loves, and tribulations of the four March sisters—Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy—and explores the rich nuances of family life and relationships. This edition includes: -A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information -A chronology of the author''s life and work -A timeline of significant events that provides the book''s historical context -An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader''s own interpretations -Detailed explanatory notes -Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work -Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction -A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader''s experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful not

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Book SynopsisA restless tomboy with a wild imagination, Jo March bridles against societal conventions. She has no interest in becoming a lady; she will become a writer. Fortunately for Jo, her family supports her ambitions and understands her eccentricities.

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