Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve. The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Lawrence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever. Good Wives takes up the story of the March sisters, some three years later, when, as young adults, they must face up to the inevitable trials and traumas of everyday life in their search for individual happiness.
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Louisa May Alcott was born in 1832 in Pennsylvania and grew up in Concord, Massachusetts. She is best known for her books for children. The daughter of philosopher and reformer Amons Bronson Alcott, she was also a supporter of women's rights and an abolitionist. Family debts led her to write the autobiographical novel Little Women (1868). The book was a huge success, followed by Little Men, An Old-Fashioned Girl, and several other novels.
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Louisa May Alcott was both an abolitionist and a feminist. She is best known for Little Women (1868), a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood years with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Alcott, unlike Jo, never married: "... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man." She was an advocate of women's suffrage and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Massachusetts.
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A great edition of a great book,
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This review is from: Little Women & Good Wives (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)
Little Women and Good Wives are two of the best classics. I loved both when I read them; it's hard not to get wrapped up in the lives of the four March sisters and their adventures with Laurie, the next-door neighbor. We follow Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy through hardships and excitements, sorrows and joys. These two books definitely keep you turning the pages! This edition is, of course, unabridged, and has a nice cover, making it a pretty addition to your bookshelf.
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This review is from: Little Women & Good Wives (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)
This wordsworth classic unfortunately has the same ISBN number as the single Little Women book.
Please be careful when ordering to verify which version you will be receiving. The fact that Wordsworth didn't obtain a separate ISBN for this double book is disturbing and unethical.
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Aunt March, Miss March, Miss Kate, Annie Moffat, Don Pedro, Miss Belle, Miss Crocker, Celestial City, Pilgrim's Progress, Ellen Tree, Ned Moffat New!
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Aunt March, Miss March, Miss Kate, Annie Moffat, Don Pedro, Miss Belle, Miss Crocker, Celestial City, Pilgrim's Progress, Ellen Tree, Ned Moffat New!
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