little women - Hardcover

Louisa May Alcott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863076793 ISBN 13: 9780863076794

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish, 1987

Synopsis

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 rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher. The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—detailing 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, and readers demanded 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 in a single work entitled Little Women.

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"The American female myth."
--Madelon Bedell

"The American female myth."
Madelon Bedell"

"The American female myth."
--Madelon Bedell

-The American female myth.-
--Madelon Bedell

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Edition details

• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0863076793
• ISBN 13: 9780863076794
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320