Little Women Annotated Edition

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393248821

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The Annotated Little Women (The Annotated Books) by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer of Louisa May Alcott illuminates the world of Little Women and its author. Since its publication in 1868–69, Little Women, perhaps America’s most beloved children’s classic, has been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. It has been translated into more than fifty languages and inspired six films, four television shows, a Broadway musical, an opera, and a web series. This lavish, four-color edition features over 220 curated illustrations, including stills from the films, stunning art by Norman Rockwell, and iconic illustrations by children’s-book illustrators Alice Barber Stevens, Frank T. Merrill, and Jessie Wilcox Smith. Renowned Alcott scholar John Matteson brings his expertise to the book, to the March family it creates, and to the Alcott family who inspired it all. Through numerous photographs taken in the Alcott family home expressly for this edition—elder daughter Anna’s wedding dress, the Alcott sisters’ theater costumes, sister May’s art, and Abba Alcott’s recipe book—readers discover the extraordinary links between the real and the fictional family. Matteson’s annotations evoke the once-used objects and culture of a distant but still-relevant time, from the horse-drawn carriages to the art Alcott carefully placed in her story to references to persons little known today. His brilliant introductory essays examine Little Women’s pivotal place in children’s literature and tell the story of Alcott herself—a tale every bit as captivating as her fiction.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1691848484

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Little Women- Annotated by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

little women louisa may alcottsummary, study guide, character list, themes etc are included as annotations.Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books over several months at the request of her publisher.Following the lives of the four March sisters-Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy-the novel details their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters.:202 Scholars classify Little Women as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel.:12Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success with readers demanding to know more about the characters. Alcott quickly completed a second volume (entitled Good Wives in the United Kingdom, although this name originated from the publisher and not from Alcott). It was also successful. The two volumes were issued in 1880 as a single novel entitled Little Women.Alcott wrote two sequels to her popular work, both of which also featured the March sisters: Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Although Little Women was a novel for girls, it differed notably from the current writings for children, especially girls. The novel addressed three major themes: "domesticity, work, and true love, all of them interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine's individual identit

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798704235668

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Little Women Annotated Edition by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

Little Women: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, The Story of Their Lives, A Girls' Book was written by Louisa May Alcott and published in two parts. Roberts Brothers published the first part on September 30, 1868. After its success, with the first 2000 copies sold in just one month, the editor confirmed that Alcott should write a second part, which was published on April 14, 1869, and sold thirteen thousand copies in two weeks. The full book was edited and republished in 1880. It has never gone out of print. While generally read independently, Little Women was followed by two more novels in the series: Little Men in 1871 and Jo's Boys in 1886.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798419555976

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters, Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?

Author : Gabrielle Donnelly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451617191

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The Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly Pdf

With her older sister planning a wedding and her younger sister preparing to launch a career on the stage, Lulu can't help but feel like the failure of the Atwater family. Lulu loves her sisters dearly and wants nothing but the best for them, but she finds herself stuck in a rut. When her mother sends her to look for some old family recipes in the attic, she stumbles across a collection of letters written by her great-great-grandmother Josephine March. Jo writes in detail about every aspect of her life: her older sister Meg's new home and family; her younger sister Amy's many admirers; the family's shared grief over losing Beth; and her own feelings towards a handsome young German. As Lulu delves deeper into the lives of the March sisters, she finds solace and guidance, but can her great-great-grandmother help Lulu find a place in a world so different from the one Jo knew?--From publisher description.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143106654

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

A beautiful new Deluxe Edition of Alcott's beloved novel, with a foreword by National Book Award-winning author and musician Patti Smith. Nominated as one of America’s most-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Little Women is recognized as one of the best-loved classic children's stories, transcending the boundaries of time and age, making it as popular with adults as it is with young readers. The beloved story of the March girls is a classic American feminist novel, reflecting the tension between cultural obligation and artistic and personal freedom. But which of the four March sisters to love best? For every reader must have their favorite. Independent, tomboyish Jo; delicate, loving Beth; pretty, kind Meg; or precocious and artistic Amy, the baby of the family? The charming story of these four "little women" and their wise and patient mother Marmee enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England was an instant success when first published in 1868 and has been adored for generations. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798514353040

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Little Women Annotated Edition by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, set during the Civil War, has always captivated even the most reluctant readers. Little girls, especially, love following the adventures of the four March sisters--Meg, Beth, Amy, and most of all, the tomboy Jo--as they experience the joys and disappointments, tragedies and triumphs, of growing up. This simpler version captures all the charm and warmth of the original.

Author : Louisa M Alcott
Publisher : SeaWolf Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1950435091

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Little Women (150th Anniversary Edition) by Louisa M Alcott Pdf

Little Women was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. This edition contains both volumes. It follows the lives of the four March sisters-Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy- from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters.

Author : Anne Boyd Rioux
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780393254747

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Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux Pdf

On its 150th anniversary, discover the story of the beloved classic that has captured the imaginations of generations. Soon after publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women became an enormous bestseller and one of America’s favorite novels. Its popularity quickly spread throughout the world, and the book has become an international classic. When Anne Boyd Rioux read the novel in her twenties, she had a powerful reaction to the story. Through teaching the book, she has seen the same effect on many others. In Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Rioux recounts how Louisa May Alcott came to write Little Women, drawing inspiration for it from her own life. Rioux also examines why this tale of family and community ties, set while the Civil War tore America apart, has resonated through later wars, the Depression, and times of changing opportunities for women. Alcott’s novel has moved generations of women, many of them writers: Simone de Beauvoir, J. K. Rowling, bell hooks, Cynthia Ozick, Jane Smiley, Margo Jefferson, and Ursula K. Le Guin were inspired by Little Women, particularly its portrait of the iconoclastic young writer, Jo. Many have felt, as Anna Quindlen has declared, “Little Women changed my life.” Today, Rioux sees the novel’s beating heart in Alcott’s portrayal of family resilience and her honest look at the struggles of girls growing into women. In gauging its current status, Rioux shows why Little Women remains a book with such power that people carry its characters and spirit throughout their lives.

Author : Louisa May Alcott,Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt
Publisher : Musson Book Company
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : UOM:39015036717604

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Comic Tragedies by Louisa May Alcott,Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt Pdf

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : SF Classic
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1772265713

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Little Women (100 Copy Limited Edition) by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

Little Women follows the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798639617744

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Annotated Edition by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

Alcott prefaces Little Women with an excerpt from John Bunyan's seventeenth-century work The Pilgrim's Progress, an allegorical novel about leading a Christian life. Alcott's story begins with the four March girls-Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy-sitting in their living room, lamenting their poverty. The girls decide that they will each buy themselves a present in order to brighten their Christmas. Soon, however, they change their minds and decide that instead of buying presents for themselves, they will buy presents for their mother, Marmee. Marmee comes home with a letter from Mr. March, the girls' father, who is serving as a Union chaplain in the Civil War. The letter inspires the girls to bear their burdens more cheerfully and not to complain about their poverty.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1548456446

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott's most popular and enduring novel. Little Women explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America. This is the complete, unabridged edition.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1727154339

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books over several months at the request of her publisher. Following the lives of the four March sisters-Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy-the novel details their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters.Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success with readers demanding to know more about the characters. Alcott quickly completed a second volume (entitled Good Wives in the United Kingdom, although this name originated from the publisher and not from Alcott). It was also successful. The two volumes were issued in 1880 as a single novel entitled Little Women.Alcott wrote two sequels to her popular work, both of which also featured the March sisters: Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Although Little Women was a novel for girls, it differed notably from the current writings for children, especially girls. The novel addressed three major themes: "domesticity, work, and true love, all of them interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine's individual identity."

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798675742639

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Little Women Annotated by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott 1832 to 1888 which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the book over several months at the request of her publisher.The story follows the lives of the four March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. It is loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters.202 Scholars classify it as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel.