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A restless tomboy with a wild imagination, Jo March bridles against
societal conventions. She has no interest in becoming a lady; she
will become a writer. Fortunately for Jo, her family supports her
ambitions and understands her eccentricities. With their father
serving as a chaplain in the Union Army and little money coming in,
Jo and her three sisters work hard to help their mother keep the
household afloat. Immensely popular from the day it was published,
Little Women struck a chord with generations of young American
women, demonstrating that women can pursue their dreams freely
without compromising their values.
This beautiful, giftable collection celebrates both the wisdom and
tenacity of courageous women who defied society’s expectations
and gifted the world with literary treasures through unparalleled
fiction and poetry. We know many of their names--Austen and Alcott,
Brontë and Browning, Wheatley, and Woolf--though some may be less
familiar. They are here, waiting to introduce themselves.Â
They wrote against all odds. Some wrote defiantly; some wrote
desperately. Some wrote while trapped within the confines of status
and wealth. Some wrote hand-to-mouth in abject poverty. Some wrote
trapped in a room of their father’s house, and some went in
search of a room of their own. They had lovers and families. They
were sometimes lonely. Many wrote anonymously or under a pseudonym
for a world not yet ready for their genius and talent. The Women
Who Wrote softcover edition offers: Stories from Jane Austen,
Katherine Mansfield, Willa Cather, Louisa May Alcott, Edith
Wharton, Zora Neale Hurston, and Virginia Woolf. Poems from Emily
Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë,
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, Dorothy Parker, and Phillis Wheatley. These women
wrote to change the world. They marched through the world one
by one or in small sisterhoods, speaking to one another and to us
over distances of place and time. Pushing back against the
boundaries meant to keep us in our place, they carved enough space
for themselves to write. They made space for us to follow. Here
they are gathered together, an army of women who wrote an arsenal
of words to inspire us. They walk with us as we forge our own paths
forward.
Ladylike Meg, artistic tomboy Jo, frail Beth, and charming
Amy—each March sister has her own dreams, struggles, and fears.
The March sisters learn that learning how to be a “little
woman†is never simple, but it’s much sweeter to do when they
have their sisters by their sides. This rich and realistic
portrait of growing up is now available in its entirety in this
paperback edition, perfect for young readers’ libraries.Â
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Little Women (Hardcover)
Louisa May Alcott
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Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all
time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes
the family of the four March sisters living in a small New England
community. Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo,
at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an
author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music
and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve. The story of their domestic
adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their
friendship with the neighbouring Laurence family, and their later
love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved,
essential classics.
'Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make
could come true and we could live in them?'
A heart-warming tale of love, sisterhood and hardship during the
New England Civil War, Little Women tells the story of the lovable
March family. Meg, Beth, Jo and Amy try to support their mother at
home while their father is away at war and enter into various
scrapes and adventures as they do so. Alcott beautifully
interweaves bad times and good as her characters struggle with the
trials and tribulations of growing up and their relationships with
one another.
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Little Men
Louisa May Alcott
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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