Here, in an authoritative single-volume edition from LOA, are all 3 "Little Women" books as Alcott wrote them.
Yet from this modest start, she fashioned a series of novels that catapulted her to fame & fortune in her own time & remain among the most beloved works in all of American literature.
price at bottom-right inside-front flyleaf, NEW rayon-weave blue Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW Smyth-sewn binding w/ tight signatures & blue-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps w/ blue silk ribbon page-marker bound-in from top, IMPECCABLE distinctive white-on-blue LOA-patterned card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in Linotron Galliard on SUPERB unblemished lightweight opaque archival paper * 5.06" x 8.12" x 1.50", 0.73 kg, 1092 pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: Asked by her publisher to "write a girls' book", Louisa May Alcott at first doubted her abilities she confessed to her journal that she "never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters".
2005) Fourth Printing (2012 ): NEW LOA jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig. BELOVED: UNFORGETTABLE: HEART-WARMING: BRILLIANT: NEW LOA First Edition hardcover (Orig. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. It is the story of four sisters-Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth- and of the courage, humor and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War. Little Women is the heartwarming story of the March family that has thrilled generations of readers. If you enjoyed Little Women you might like Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters, also available in Penguin Classics. This edition also includes notes on the text by Siobhan Kilfeather and Vinca Showalter. In her enlightening, thoughtful introduction, Elaine Showalter discusses Louisa May Alcott's influences, and her aspirations for Little Women, as well as the impact the novel has had on such women writers as Joyce Carol Oates and Cynthia Ozick. In this simple, enthralling tale, both parts of which are included here, Louisa May Alcott has created four of American literature's most beloved women. Future writers have found inspiration in Jo's devotion to her writing. Readers have rooted for Laurie in his pursuit of Jo's hand, cried over little Beth's death, and dreamed of travelling through Europe with old Aunt March and Amy. Enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England, the March sisters have been adored for generations.
The charming story of four 'little women' - Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - and their wise and patient mother Marmee, was an instant success when first published in 1868.
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