Little Women: Louisa May Alcott (Puffin in Bloom)

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At apple-picking time, Marmee celebrates her 60th birthday at Plumfield, with her husband, her three surviving daughters, their husbands, and her five grandchildren. Alcott's fiction became her "most important feminist contribution"—even considering all the effort Alcott made to help facilitate women's rights.

Georgette Heyer brings her wry take on regency romance to Frederica, illustrated by Sally Dunne and with a beautiful binding design by Jessica Hische, in the third book of this exclusive Folio series. Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869.As her sisters grow up, they begin to leave home, but Beth has no desire to leave her house or family. Etsy does not evaluate the description, condition, or authenticity of any of the antique little women book that are listed by individual sellers on Etsy.

This copy DOES mention Part 2 at the end of the text, but not on the title page or on the spine, suggesting that the publisher used a cover left over from the first batch (before Part 2 was added to the spine).Jo is persuaded to give up that type of writing as her time in New York comes to an end, unaware that Friedrich has fallen in love with her. In her essay, "Recollections of My Childhood", Alcott refers to herself as a tomboy who enjoyed boys' activities like running foot-races and climbing trees. Each volume includes a full introduction, chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes along with a variety of documents from the period, giving readers a rich sense of the world from which the work emerged. According to literary critic Sarah Elbert, when using the term "little women" Alcott was drawing on its Dickensian meaning; it represented the period in a young woman's life where childhood and elder childhood are "overlapping" with young womanhood. A couple of small tears to rear panel of jacket, lower front corner of board bumped, some surface rubbing has caused fading of pink along page edges in places, bright and unmarked.

A radio play, produced by Far From the Tree Productions, is being released in episodes from November 14 to December 19, 2020.

Burgundy leather (gilt illustrations on the front cover, gilt lettering and illustrations to the spine, small dent on the edges of the cover) in fine condition, no Dj cover as issued.

Those interested in domestic reform could look to the pages of Little Women to see how a "democratic household" would operate. Importantly, depending on the number of pages of the published novel, the depth of the book may be different than pictured. To mark Folio’s 75th anniversary, Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story is published as a magical new edition, beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Marie-Alice Harel and bursting with exquisite design details. 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.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.