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Sunshine streamed in through the one small window, where a caged bird was blithely singing, and a few flowers blossomed in the light. But blither than the bird's song, sweeter than the flowers, was the little voice and wan face of a child, who lay up...
The Rose Family is a short children's story written by Louisa May Alcott. A fairy tale inspiring children in pursuing virtues and overcoming their vices. "Let no naughtiness dim their brightness, no selfish thought or unkind feeling bring a shadow to...
"I'd gladly sell my soul to Satan for a year of freedom," cries impetuous Rosamond Vivian to her callous grandfather. Then, one stormy night, a brooding stranger appears in her remote island home, ready to take Rosamond to her word. Spellbound by the...
Six years before she wrote Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, in financial straits, entered "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," a novelette, in a newspaper contest. Not only did it win the $100 prize, but, published anonymously, it marked the first in ...
Maurice Treherne is wrongly accused of fraud and gambling and must play a careful hand if he is to win his love, Octavia, and retain the trust of those who had faith in him. Treherne is temporarily crippled saving the life of his well-born friend, J...
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The girls gave their hearts into their mother's keeping, their souls into their father's; and to both parents ... they gave a love that grew with their growth, and bound them tenderly together by the sweetest tie which blesses life and outlives death...
Louisa May Alcott was an American writer best known for coming of age novels featuring young women. Alcott also served as a nurse at a Union hospital during the Civil War and wrote about her experiences there. This edition of Kitty’s Cl...
Good Wives (1869) by Louisa May Alcott is a sequel to Little Women, which portrays four young sisters growing up during the Civil War in America. The March sisters are now grown up and married and are working hard to be womanly....
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was a prolific and multi-talented American writer. Amongst her works are passionate, fiery novels, moralistic and wholesome stories for children, philosophical essays and letters. Her overwhelming success however, was wi...
Several years before Louisa May Alcott created Little Women (1868), her most well known novel, she worked as a nurse at a soldiers' hospital in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. Drawing on that experience, Alcott wrote Hospital Sketches (18...
Polly pities Fanny because she is so caught up in clothes and money that she misses the worthwhile things in life. Fanny feels sorry for Polly because she is so "countrified." In spite of their differences, the two girls are good friends... and when ...
With two young sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the unusual school at Plumfield, Jo March - now Mrs Jo Bhaer - couldn't be happier. But the boys have a habit of getting into scrapes, and their mischievous antics call for th...
As grandmothers rummage their piece-bags and bundles in search of gay odds and ends to make gifts with which to fill the little stockings that hang all in a row on Christmas Eve, so I have gathered together some stories, old and new, to amuse the lar...
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Published in 1873, this autobiographical novel has been called the adult Little Women. It follows the semi-autobiographical story of an orphan named Christie Devon, who, having turned twenty-one, announces “a new Declaration of Independence†and ...
Orphaned Rose Campbell can't bear the thought of one more dreary day at boarding school. With nowhere else to go, she arrives at the "Aunt Hill" to live with her six aunts and seven boy cousins. Life at the Aunt Hill is bewildering at first, and t...
"We can do nothing about it except show our displeasure in some proper manner," said Portia, in her most dignified tone. "I should like to cut them all dead for a year to come; and I'm not sure that I won't " cried Pauline, fiercely. "We ought to mak...
Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. Rose in Bloom, written by American author Louisa May Alcott, is the coming of age story of young Rose Campbell...
In 1876, the American centennial, Alcott published this collection of nine short stories. The title refers to two of them: “Silver Pitchers,†in which three popular young women take an unpopular stance against alcohol, and “Independ...
Although beloved for her children’s classic Little Women, Louisa May Alcott had a passion for sensational literature that she only dared issue anonymously or under a pseudonym. Her favorite among these adult fictions, A Modern Mephistopheles was fi...
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel 'Little Women.' In the mid-1860s, Alcott wrote passionate, fiery novels and sensational stories. She also produced wholesome stories for children, and after their positive r...
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.Clear the lulla! was the general cry on a bright December afternoon, when all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the first good snow of the season. Up and down three long coasts they wen...
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A collection of twelve heart warming stories for children. Premise: a winter storm forces a family, who have gathered for the winter holidays, to stay inside and listen to their grandmothers stories....
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Best known for her novels Little Women and Little Men, Louisa May Alcott continued the story of her feisty protagonist Jo in this final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of the March family. Entertaining, surprising, and overall a j...
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
Nobody told them to do it, but all the hands were clapped heartily before a single child stirred; then one by one they came to look up wonderingly at the pretty giver of the feast as she leaned down to offer them great yellow oranges, red apples, bun...
Take part in the plays written and performed by two of the Marsh girls in the Little Women books. This 1893 volume -- introduced by Meg -- includes “Norna; Or, the Witch's Curse," “The Captive of Castile; Or, the Moorish Maiden's Vow,†"Th...
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"You will see what I can do. Ma said I was to use my judgment about things, and I'm going to. All you children have got to do is to keep out of the way, and let Prue and me work. Eph, I wish you'd put a fire in the best room, so the little ones can p...
Her recently discovered first novel, The Inheritance, written when Alcott was just 17, offers readers a fascinating look at the birth of a remarkable career.
The Inheritance, set in an English country manor, is the story of Edith Adelon, an It...
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. Due to her family’s poverty, she began work at an early age as an occasional teacher, seamstress, governess, domestic helper, a...
Two rather young women, Amy and Helen, traveling with an older uncle, are doing the "tour" of Europe, and are supposedly soaking up education but secretly yearning for adventures and romance. At this wish for adventure, a pair of gloves suddenly drop...
Being Boston girls, of course they got up a club for mental improvement, and, as they were all descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, they called it the Mayflower Club. A very good name, and the six young girls who were members of it made a very pretty ...
Nelly's Hospital (1865) is a short story by Louisa May Alcott, written during or shortly after the American Civil War. Nelly, a small soul, starts an hospital for little creatures and animals, inspired by the happenings on the war front and by her wo...
The Mysterious Key is a classic mystery novel by Louisa May Alcott. Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 â€" March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Womenand its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her...
One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions A MERRY CHRISTMAS collects the treasured holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott, from the dearly familiar Yuletide benevolence of Marmee and her “little women†to the timeles...
Prepare to be enchanted by this delightful collection of Christmas stories written by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). The stories: Rosa’s Tale, Becky’s Christmas Dream, A Country Christmas, Tilly’s Christmas, Kate’s Choice, The Little Red Purs...
DOWN among the grass and fragrant clover lay little Eva by the brook-side, watching the bright waves, as they went singing by under the drooping flowers that grew on its banks. As she was wondering where the waters went, she heard a faint, low sound,...
THREE little Fairies sat in the fields eating their breakfast; each among the leaves of her favorite flower, Daisy, Primrose, and Violet, were happy as Elves need be. The morning wind gently rocked them to and fro, and the sun shone warmly down upon ...
Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) needs little introduction, as she is one of the most famous American female authors, whose most famous work is Little Women. She also served as a nurse for six weeks during the Civil War at Union Hospital in Georgetown...
"If you please, I've come," said a small girl, as she walked into a large room where three ladies sat at work. One of the ladies was very thin, one very stout, and the youngest very pretty. The eldest put on her glasses, the stout one dropped her sew...
Daisy’s Aunt Wee helps her recover from a long illness by rousing her to hunt for fairies. This 1867 collection of eight fantasy stories and four poems for children sound the themes of duty, independence, helping others, and overcoming prejudice. I...
A PARTY of people, young and old, sat on the piazza of a seaside hotel one summer morning, discussing plans for the day as they waited for the mail. "Hullo here comes Christie Johnstone," exclaimed one of the young men perched on the railing, who wa...
Eight Cousins is the story of Rose Campbell, a shy, lonely, fragile girl without a home. She can stay with either of her six aunts or her bachelor uncle Alec... but how to decide between them and the most lively, handsome and exciting clan of boys sh...
Louisa May Alcott (1832 â€" 1888) needs little introduction, as she is one of the most famous American female authors, whose most famous work is Little Women.  She also served as a nurse for six weeks during the Civil War at Union Hospital in George...
The Brothers (1863), also known as My Contraband by Louisa May Alcott, is a short story regarding the American Civil War with depiction of an attack on the Fort Wagner. During the war, two brothers, one white brother and the other a half black meet i...
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Debby's Debut (1863) by Louisa May Alcott is a triangular romance about Debby and her two suitors. Her aunt is trying to get her married to a wealthy man. It is a lighthearted comedy of manners that boldly challenges the social order that holds wealt...
Six recently discovered works of Louisa May Alcott are reprinted in this volume for the first time since their initial publication. Originally written for storypapers in the 1860s, the works are all sensational thrillers that address such themes as t...
Louisa May Alcott was an American writer best known for coming of age novels featuring young women. Alcott also served as a nurse at a Union hospital during the Civil War and wrote about her experiences there. This edition of A Garland fo...
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In vain they searched; in vain Marie wailed and Belle declared it must be somewhere; no wreath appeared. It was duly set down in the bill, and a fine sum charged for a head-dress to match the dainty forget-me-nots that looped the fleecy skirts and or...
Louisa May Alcott was an American writer best known for coming of age novels featuring young women. Alcott also served as a nurse at a Union hospital during the Civil War and wrote about her experiences there. This edition of A Modern Cin...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott contains a broad cross-section of letters from the correspondence of the creator of Little Women and provides a compelling autobiography of this most autobiographical of writers. Spanning a period of forty...
Two wonderful holiday stories that evoke the true meaning of the season.
A Christmas Dream, and How it Came True
Ten-year-old Effie lives the life most children dream of -- with every day filled with delicious treats and wonderful toy...
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was a prolific and multi-talented American writer. Amongst her works are passionate, fiery novels, moralistic and wholesome stories for children, philosophical essays and letters. Her overwhelming success however, was wi...
A publishing first - the first and only complete collection of all Louisa May Alcott's Christmas short stories and novellas. <br><br>Louisa May Alcott has been loved for generations of readers for her timeless stories like Little Women, L...
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel 'Little Women.' In the mid-1860s, Alcott wrote passionate, fiery novels and sensational stories. She also produced wholesome stories for children, and after their positive r...