Little Women And Good Wives
$41.25
- Hardcover
528 pages
- Release Date
25 November 1994
Summary
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, Louis…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857159264 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857159268 |
| Author: | Louisa May Alcott |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 25 November 1994 |
| Weight: | 711g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 165mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS |
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About The Author
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, which was based on her experiences. Little Women was published in 1868 and was based on her life growing up with her three sisters. She followed it with three sequels, Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo’s Boys (1886) and she also wrote other books for both children and adults. Louisa May Alcott was an abolitionist and a campaigner for women’s rights. She died on 6 March 1888.
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