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Little Women and Good Wives
Louisa May Alcott
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Description for Little Women and Good Wives
Hardcover. A story, based on the author's own experience, of an American family - four sisters and their mother, living through the months while the father is away fighting in the Civil War. "Good Wives", takes up the story of "Little Women" three years on. Illustrator(s): Gray, M.G. Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 12col.ill. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 211 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 732.
Written in six weeks, and at first thought by its editor to be 'dull', this story of an American family - four sisters and their mother living through the months while father is away in the Civil War - has a universal and enduring appeal. The reason is clear. Louisa Alcott based her story on her own experience of family life. 'Not a bit sensational', she wrote, 'but simple and true, for we really lived most of it. ' When published in 1868, the book was illustrated by May Alcott, Louisa's mother. GOOD WIVES, a sequel to LITTLE WOMEN, was ... Read more
Written in six weeks, and at first thought by its editor to be 'dull', this story of an American family - four sisters and their mother living through the months while father is away in the Civil War - has a universal and enduring appeal. The reason is clear. Louisa Alcott based her story on her own experience of family life. 'Not a bit sensational', she wrote, 'but simple and true, for we really lived most of it. ' When published in 1868, the book was illustrated by May Alcott, Louisa's mother. GOOD WIVES, a sequel to LITTLE WOMEN, was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Series
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857159264
SKU
V9781857159264
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About Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832 in Pennsylvania. Her father was friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. Alcott started selling stories in order to help provide financial support for her family. Her first book was Flower Fables (1854). She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War and in 1863 she published Hospital Sketches, ... Read more
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