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Louisa May Alcott
Little Men recounts six months in the life of the students at Plumfield. The school is not run on conventional lines. All the children have their own gardens and their…
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From the prolific author of Little Women, this crime fiction novella highlights the breadth of Louisa May Alcott's talent.
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…
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I cannot blame you, Jean; it was my usual forgetfulness of others which so misled you. I was tired of the world, and came hither to find peace in solitude…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
All nice and warm for a July day, but received with delight nevertheless. Ted and Josie immediately ‘dressed up’, learned the war-whoop, and proceeded to astonish their friends by a…
To all of which remarks Nan gave her assent; though the hop-pole took the likeness of a tall figure she had seen in the porch, the sage-bed, curiously enough, suggested…
I yearned to go, and when I willed the way so on appeared; so careless of bonnetless head and cambric gown, I stretched my hands to him, saying boldly, Play…
I don’t care to disturb his happy childhood with quarrels beyond his comprehension. I shall teach him to be as good and just a man as his father, and feel…
When friends Jack and Jill are injured in a sledding accident, their family and friends rally around them to help in their recovery.
I wondered if it were some deep wrong or sorrow, kept alive by memory and impotent regret; if he mourned for the dead master to whom he had been faithful…
Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you…
Continuacion de la saga iniciada por Mujercitas, se centra en la historia de Jo Bhaer (de soltera, Jo March). La protagonista vive entregada a los ninos de Plumfield, la escuela…
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This classic large print title is printed in 16 point Tiresias font as recommended by the Royal National Institute for the Blind.
Debby shook her head, and murmured, Hush! –but Aunt Pen had heard of matches being made in cars as well as in heaven; and as an experienced general, it became…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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An unabridged ANDRE DEUTSCH CLASSIC which continues the story of the lives of the March sisters, three years on from the end of LITTLE WOMEN, when the sisters are all…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Part of the ANDRE DEUTSCH CLASSICS series, a classic story of four young women who struggle to overcome the trials of keeping up appearences whilst battling poverty and awaiting news…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
First published in 1863, Hospital Sketches is a record of personal experiences of Louisa May Alcott. It is a vivid account of the American civil war, enlightening the women’s participation…
Reprint. Originally published: Boston: J. Redpath, 1863.
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…
Three years after the close of Little Women, the March girls and their friend Laurie are young adults carving out their futures. Each girl struggles and eventually finds happiness, but…
Pauline’s Passion and Punishment (1862) by Louisa May Alcott is the first of the series of blood and thunder tales, published under the pseudonym of A.M. Barnard that shows the…
Louisa May Alcott was one of the greatest American authors of the 19th century. Alcott’s most famous work was her coming of age stories in the Little Women series and…
An adventure story by the author of Little Women and Jo’s Boys . This joins other Louisa May Alcott titles in the Puffin Classics series.