Summary
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England. Full description
Summary: |
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England. |
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Item Description: |
"Usborne Illustrated Originals"--t.p. "Complete & Unabridged"--cover. |
Physical Description: |
448 pages |
ISBN: |
9780794544386 |
Author Notes: |
Alcott's first works were written for children, including her best-known Little Women (1868--69) and Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (1871). Moods (1864), a "passionate conflict," was written for adults. Alcott's writing eventually became the family's main source of income. Throughout her life, Alcott continued to produce highly popular and idealistic literature for children. An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Eight Cousins (1875), Rose in Bloom (1876), Under the Lilacs (1878), and Jack and Jill (1881) enjoyed wide popularity. At the same time, her adult fiction, such as the autobiographical novel Work: A Story of Experience (1873) and A Modern Mephistopheles (1877), a story based on the Faust legend, shows her deeper concern with such social issues as education, prison reform, and women's suffrage. She realistically depicts the problems of adolescents and working women, the difficulties of relationships between men and women, and the values of the single woman's life. (Bowker Author Biography) |