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Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
Louisa May Alcott
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Description for Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
Hardcover. Just two years after the extraordinarily successful publication of Little Women and Good Wives, the authors brother-in-law died, leaving two sons. She immediately decided to write a sequel to provide for her sister and nephews, and this book that was published in 1871, became a tribute to her father's theories of education. Illustrator(s): Merrill, Frank. Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FT; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 693.
Just two years after the extraordinarily successful publication of LITTLE WOMEN and GOOD WIVES, Louisa Alcott's brother-in-law died, leaving two sons. She immediately decided to write a sequel to provide for her sister and nephews, and LITTLE MEN, published in 1871, became a tribute to her father's theories of education. The story is set in Plumfield, a school run by Jo and her German husband, Professor Bhaer, and they follow the precepts of Grandpa March in cultivating the little mind - 'not tasking it with long hard lessons, parrot-learned, but helping it to unfold as naturally and beautifully as sun ... Read more
Just two years after the extraordinarily successful publication of LITTLE WOMEN and GOOD WIVES, Louisa Alcott's brother-in-law died, leaving two sons. She immediately decided to write a sequel to provide for her sister and nephews, and LITTLE MEN, published in 1871, became a tribute to her father's theories of education. The story is set in Plumfield, a school run by Jo and her German husband, Professor Bhaer, and they follow the precepts of Grandpa March in cultivating the little mind - 'not tasking it with long hard lessons, parrot-learned, but helping it to unfold as naturally and beautifully as sun ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Series
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857159400
SKU
V9781857159400
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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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