Louisa May Alcott
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A wonderful treasury of Louisa May Alcott's short stories. It contains three of Alcott's original collections; "On Picket Duty, and Other Tales", "Proverb Stories" and, "Spinning-Wheel Stories". Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet most famous for writing the novel "Little Women", as well as its sequels "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys". She grew up in New England and became associated with numerous notable...
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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 reception, she did not generally return to creating works for adults. Alcott continued to write until her death.
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Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel 'Little Women'. In her six-volume series of 'Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag', she features 66 delightful short stories for children. This volume features the stories 'An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving', 'How It All Happened', 'The Dolls' Journey from Minnesota to Maine', 'Morning-Glories', 'Shadow-Children', 'Poppy's Pranks', 'What the Swallows Did', 'Little Gulliver', 'The...
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Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel 'Little Women'. In her six-volume series of 'Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag', she features 66 delightful short stories for children. This illustrated volume features the stories 'Cupid and Chow-Chow', 'Huckleberry', 'Nelly's Hospital', 'Grandma's Team', 'Fairy Pinafores', 'Mamma's Plot', 'Kate's Choice', 'The Moss People', 'What Fanny Heard', and 'A Marine Merry-making'....
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In this story, written for children and published in 1885, the wind whisks Lily and her red umbrella to a land made entirely of candy. But Lily soon realizes things are not as sweet or simple as they seem. This tale comes with a strong moral message. Also included in this volume is a second story, "How They Ran Away."
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First published in 1889, this book contains volume III of "Lulu's Library", a collection of over thirty fantastic stories for children written by Louisa May Alcott's. This wonderful collection is perfect for children and would make for ideal bedtime reading material. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet most famous for writing the novel "Little Women", as well as its sequels "Little Men" and "Jo's...
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Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel 'Little Women'. In her six-volume series of 'Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag', she features 66 delightful short stories for children. This illustrated volume features the stories 'Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore', 'Two Little Traveler's', 'A Jolly Fourth', 'Seven Black Cats', 'Rosa's Tale', 'Lunch', 'A Bright Idea', 'How They Camped Out', 'My Little School-Girl', 'What a...
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This collection of short narratives features strong women with quick tongues and sharper wits: "Behind a Mask or A Woman's Power" explores the deception and betrayal of Victorian England through the eyes of the strong, intelligent Jean Muir; "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," is a psychological thriller of sorts, featuring a protagonist who is unyielding in her pursuit of revenge; "The Mysterious Key and What it Opened" tells the haunting tale of...
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In a New England village after the Civil War, Jack Minot and Janey Pecq are such fast friends that they earn nicknames from the famous nursery rhyme. One winter day they really do go up a hill, only to be seriously injured in a sledding accident. Their recovery, and lessons learned, forms the basis for this 1880 children's book.
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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 drops beside them from a balcony above their hotel room near Coblentz. Ah, whose gloves? The two young men who enter the lives of these ladies are rich and eligible adventurers traveling through Europe, and...
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This book contains volume VI of "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag", a six-volume collection of classic children's stories by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888). Alcott was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet most famous for writing the novel "Little Women", as well as its sequels "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys". She grew up in New England and became associated with numerous notable intellectuals of her time, including Nathaniel Hawthorne,...
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A good fit of illness proves the value of health; real danger tries one's mettle; and self-sacrifice sweetens character.
Through a series of letters sent home while serving as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army, Louisa May Alcott created a raw and honest story of battlefield medicine during the American Civil War. Featuring a series of compassionate portraits of the soldiers she encountered, Hospital Sketches both recounted the desperate struggles...
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This collection represents the best of Alcotts adult oeuvre, starting with A Modern Mephistopheles, a dark Faustian tale inspired by A Long Fatal Love Chase. The stories in this volume display dramatic intensity and thrilling, suspenseful plots that show Alcott to be a complex and passionate writer. Readers will discover within this maelstrom of murder, deceit, obsessive desire, treachery, duplicity, and betrayal that love and honor can still conquer...
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First published in 1886, this book contains volume I of "Lulu's Library", a collection of over thirty fantastic stories for children written by Louisa May Alcott's. This wonderful collection is perfect for children and would make for ideal bedtime reading material. The stories include: "A Christmas Dream", "The Candy Country", "Naughty Jocko", "The Skipping Shoes", "Cockyloo", "Rosy's Journey", "How They Ran Away", "The Fairy Box", "A Hole In The...
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Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel 'Little Women'. In her six-volume series of 'Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag', she features 66 delightful short stories for children. This illustrated volume features the stories 'Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore', 'Two Little Travelers', 'A Jolly Fourth', 'Seven Black Cats', 'Rosa's Tale', 'Lunch', 'A Bright Idea', 'How They Camped Out', 'My Little School-Girl', 'What a Shovel...
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A Louisa May Alcott Book Bundle. This collection includes a linked table of contents with the following books, • Little Women • Little Men • Jo's Boys, plus 3 Bonus Books by Louisa May Alcott, • Eight Cousins • A Modern Cinderella • Flower Fables. This Little Women Collection contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions.
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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 reception, she did not generally return to creating works for adults. Alcott continued to write until her death. In this collection of four short stories, Alcott tells tales about ordinary young people...
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First published in 1887, this book contains volume II of "Lulu's Library", a collection of over thirty fantastic stories for children written by Louisa May Alcott's. This wonderful collection is perfect for children and would make for ideal bedtime reading material. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet most famous for writing the novel "Little Women", as well as its sequels "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys"....