Little Women

by Alcott, Louisa May

• ISBN13: 9780785845546
• ISBN10: 0785845542
• eBook ISBN(s): 9798317901226
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-11-12
• Publisher: Chartwell Books
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Summary

A gorgeous edition of a classic tale to share with the next generation, Little Women is a coming-of-age story of virtue and true love in nineteenth-century America.

A true classic, Little Women follows the lives of Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March, four spirited sisters living in Civil War–era America. Join the Marches as they navigate New England life with a father at war, financial hardships, and the lure and intrigue of the handsome young man who lives next door.

Originally published in 1868, Little Women was an immediate bestseller that inspired three sequels: Good Wives, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys. Little Women is based directly on author Louisa May Alcott’s own early life. Alcott’s father, a reformist and staunch abolitionist, was able to often meet with luminary Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and other figures that would influence Louisa May to become one of the great American authors of the post–Civil War era.

This collectible edition of Little Women includes:

• An elegant faux-leather cover with foil-embossed designs
• Introduction by Victorian literature scholar Laura Ciolkowski 
• Complete and unabridged text
• A timeline of the life and times of Louisa May Alcott

Enhance your home library with this lovely, display-worthy volume.

Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, these deluxe classics editions include beautifully presented works from some of the most important authors in literary history. Other deluxe classics from Chartwell include Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, The Inferno, Dracula, The Republic, The Iliad, The Essential Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Meditations, and Irish Fairy and Folk Tales.

Author Biography

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Good Wives, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys. Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface
Book I
I. Playing Pilgrims
II. A Merry Christmas
III. The Laurence Boy
IV. Burdens
V. Being Neighborly
VI. Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful
VII. Amy's Valley of Humiliation
VIII. Joe Meets Apollyon
IX. Meg Goes to Vanity Fair
X. The P.C. and P.O.
XI. Experiments
XII. Camp Laurence
XIII. Castles in the Air
XIV. Secrets
XV. A Telegram
XVI. Letters
XVII. Little Faithful
XVIII. Dark Days
XIX. Amy's Will
XX. Confidential
XXI. Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace
XXII. Pleasant Meadows
XXIII. Aunt March Settles the Question
Book II
XXIV. Gossip
XXV. The First Wedding
XXVI. Artistic Attempts
XXVII. Literary Lessons
XXVIII. Domestic Experiences
XXIX. Calls
XXX. Consequences
XXXI. Our Foreign Correspondent
XXXII. Tender Troubles
XXXIII. Jo's Journal
XXXIV. Friend
XXXV. Heartache
XXXVI. Beth's Secret
XXXVII. New Impressions
XXXVIII. On the Shelf
XXXIX. Lazy Laurence
XL. The Valley of the Shadow
XLI. Learning to Forget
XLII. All Alone
XLIII. Surprises
XLIV. My Lord and Lady
XLV. Daisy and Demi
XLVI. Under the Umbrella
XLVII. Harvest Time
The Life and Times of Louisa May Alcott
Further Reading