A beautiful new edition of this timeless family favorite, following the lives of the four March sisters—pretty Meg, tomboy Jo, shy Beth, and vain Amy—as they grow into young ladies in 19th century New England The four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, live in Concord, Massachussetts, with their beloved mother while their father is stationed far away as an army chaplain. Although not well off financially, they are nonetheless well known in the neighborhood for their charitable work. The girls amuse themselves at home with imaginative fun and games, including performing plays and writing sketches. They are the picture of a loving family and each daughter has her own part to play in it. The March girls are so deftly and vividly drawn that everyone who reads this book will identify with one sister in the story, whether they are reading Little Women for the first time as a child or rereading it for the 100th time as an adult. Includes an extended character profile of Meg.
From the author of Mind and Matter, an intimate portrait of Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams, who witnessed firsthand the greatest transformations of her time Born in London to an American father and a British mother on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Louisa Catherine Johnson was raised in circumstances very different from the New England upbringing of the future president John Quincy Adams, whose life had been dedicated to public service from the earliest age. And yet John Quincy fell in love with her, almost despite himself. Their often tempestuous but deeply close marriage lasted half a century. They lived in Prussia, Massachusetts, Washington, Russia, and England, at royal courts, on farms, in cities, and in the White House. Louisa saw more of Europe and America than nearly any other woman of her time. But wherever she lived, she was always pressing her nose against the glass, not quite sure whether she was looking in or out. The other members of the Adams family could take their identity for granted—they were Adamses; they were Americans—but she had to invent her own. The story of Louisa Catherine Adams is one of a woman who forged a sense of self. As the country her husband led found its place in the world, she found a voice. That voice resonates still. In this deeply felt biography, the talented journalist and historian Louisa Thomas finally gives Louisa Catherine Adams's full extraordinary life its due. An intimate portrait of a remarkable woman, a complicated marriage, and a pivotal historical moment, Louisa Thomas's biography is a masterful work from an elegant storyteller.
Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (18321888) which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the book over several months at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives of the four March sistersMeg, Jo, Beth, and Amyand details their passage from childhood to womanhood. It is loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters.
Over the course of summers spent with a much wealthier friend, a country girl struggles to stay true to herself and her values in this tender story from Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women! When fourteen-year-old Polly Milton goes to stay with her friend Fanny for the summer, she finds that the Shaw family’s wealthy city life couldn’t be more different from her country upbringing. With her plain clothes and more practical interests, Polly is out of place among a crowd focused on following the latest trends and presenting the right image. One of the few people who doesn’t pressure her to fit in is Fanny’s brother, Tom, but he’s also one of the most annoying people Polly has ever met. Over the next six years, Polly’s annual visits challenge the Shaw family to question their values even as Polly feels pressured to conform to societal expectations, though she remains old-fashioned at heart. As Polly navigates the highs and lows of growing up, friendship, love, and fortune, her greatest challenge is being true to herself.
Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott. This popular novel concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War, and was based on Alcott's own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts. Little Women is the most memorable book I have read in several years. A single chapter would bring both laughter and tears. The characters were very real-- living, learning and loving through situations which made them all better human beings. Louisa May Alcott is one of my favorite authors. She weaves solid wisdom and goodness into every tale she tells. The characters are beautifully portrayed, probably and no other character shall I ever find who will delight me like Jo March. Louisa May Alcott's books deserve to be spread far and wide and this site is a wonderful way to get most of her works.
The third book in the Little Women quartet sees headstrong Jo, now grown-up and married, setting up a school with all the rewards and troubles that follow After her marriage to Professor Friedrich Bhaer, Jo uses the money from her inheritance from Aunt March to set up a school at Plumfield. Their latest arrival is Nat Blake, a timid orphan boy whose life so far has been spent playing the violin to make money on the streets. Nat joins the 10 other children at the school—a gang made up of neglected children, orphans, and also Meg's twin boy and girl. The touching friendship and camaraderie between the group is expertly described. The peaceful equilibrium of the school is troubled though when Nat introduces Dan to the mix—the latter then leads the boys into experimenting with drinking, smoking, fighting, and playing cards. Moving and poignant, Little Men is far from saccharine and emotions run high throughout, particularly with the death of a prominent character towards the end of the tale.
The iconic novel of American girlhood, and basis for the film adaptation by acclaimed writer-director, Greta Gerwig. Beautiful and proper Meg, headstrong Jo, gentle Beth, pampered little Amy—generations of young women have recognized themselves in one or more of the devoted March sisters. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War and the changing seasons of New England, the story of their passage from adolescence to adulthood—from a Christmas without presents to a glorious fall day in a bountiful apple orchard, from castles in the air to real-life hearths and homes—is just as touching and illuminating today as it was a century and a half ago. Based on author Louisa May Alcott’s own childhood and early career as a writer, Little Women is her masterpiece and one of the most popular novels of all time. This enhanced ebook features a bonus audio excerpt of Chapter Two: A Merry Christmas.
This sequel to Alcott's "Little Women" and "Little Men" chronicles the return of the classmates of Plumfield, Jo's school for boys. Readers reencounter Nat, the orphaned street musician, now a conservatory student; restless Dan, back from the gold mines of California; business-minded Tom; and other old friends.
▶ 마치 가문의 전설(March Family Saga) : 루이자 메이 알코트(Louisa May Alcott)는 본명 외에 필명 A.M. Barnard으로 스릴러와 미스테리 등을 발표하였고 1868년 출간한 작은 아씨들(Little Women)(1868)이 당대에 큰 인기를 누리며, 작가로써 큰 명성을 얻었습니다. 작은 아씨들(Little Women)(1868)은 그녀가 거주한 미국 메사추세츠주(Massachusetts)의 오챠드 하우스(Orchard House)를 배경으로, 그녀 자신을 포함한 네 자매(Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, Anna Alcott Pratt)를 캐릭터화한 자전적 소설(Autobiographical novel)입니다. 이 때문에 소설의 네 자매와 실제 네 자매간에는 공통점이 많으며, 독자라면 이를 비교해 보는 재미가 쏠쏠할 것입니다. ▷ 소설과 실존 인물간의 간략한 공통점은 다음과 같습니다. 첫째 메그(Margaret "Meg" March) = Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, 현모양처를 꿈꾸며 다른 자매들과 달리 예술적인 재능은 부족함. 둘째 조(Josephine "Jo" March) = 루이자 메이 알코트(Louisa May Alcott), 작가 본인, 글쓰기에 관심이 많음. 셋째 베스(Elizabeth "Beth" March) = Anna Alcott Pratt, 피아노를 잘 침, 병약함. 넷째 에이미(Amy Curtis March) = Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, 그림을 잘 그림, 그림을 배우기 위해 유럽으로 유학을 감. 실제로 작가 루이자 메이 알코트(Louisa May Alcott)는 소설로 번 돈으로 그림을 잘 그리는 넷째 아비가일 메이가 파리로 유학갈 수 있도록 학비를 지원했습니다. ▶ “Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason.” ▷ "사랑하는 소녀들아, 유부녀들을 비웃지 마세요. 종종 매우 부드럽고 비극적인 로맨스는 냉정한 가운 아래 조용히 뛰는 가슴 속에 숨겨져 있고, 젊음, 건강, 야망, 사랑 그 자체라는 많은 침묵의 희생이 빛바랜 얼굴을 하나님 보시기에 아름답게 만듭니다. 슬프고 시큰둥한 자매들도 친절하게 대해야 합니다. 왜냐하면 그들은 다른 이유가 없다면 인생에서 가장 달콤한 부분을 놓쳤기 때문입니다.” ▶ 작은 아씨들(Little Women)은 1868년 1부를 시작으로 이듬해 1869년 2부, 1871년 그리고 1886년까지 총 네 편의 시리즈로 완결되었습니다. 국내 번역본은 대체로 1부와 2부의 합본으로, 시간적으로 연결됩니다. 작은 아씨들(Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)(1868)은 1933년을 시작으로 현재까지 십회 이상 영화와 TV 드라마, 라디오, 애니메이션으로 제작되었습니다. 넷플릭스에도 1994년과 2019년, 두 편의 작은 아씨들(Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)이 있네요. 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics)과 함께 어제도, 오늘도, 내일도 멋진 문학여행을! B ▶ “My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can overcome and outlive them all if you learn to feel the strength and tenderness of your Heavenly Father as you do that of your earthly one. The more you love and trust Him, the nearer you will feel to Him, and the less you will depend on human power and wisdom. His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness, and strength. Believe this heartily, and go to God with all your little cares, and hopes, and sins, and sorrows, as freely and confidingly as you come to your mother.” ▷ “아들아, 너희 인생의 고난과 유혹이 시작되었고, 많을 것이다. 그러나 너희가 하늘 아버지의 강인함과 부드러움을 네 땅 아버지의 강인함과 같이 느끼는 것을 배우면, 그 모든 것을 이겨내고, 더 오래 살 수 있을 것입니다. 여러분이 주님을 사랑하고 믿을수록, 여러분은 그에게 더 가까이 느끼게 될 것이고, 인간의 힘과 지혜에 덜 의존하게 될 것입니다. 그의 사랑과 보살핌은 결코 지치거나 변하지 않으며, 결코 당신에게서 빼앗을 수 없지만, 평생의 평화, 행복, 그리고 힘의 원천이 될 수 있습니다. 여러분은 이것을 진심으로 믿고, 여러분의 어머니에게로 오는 것처럼, 여러분의 작은 걱정과 희망과 죄와 슬픔과 슬픔을 가지고 하나님께 나아가십시오.” ▶ 이상적인 사상과 정신적인 고결함을 추구하는 초월주의는 생계에는 별 도움이 되지 않았고 그녀의 가족은 셋방을 전전하며 수도 없이 이사를 다녀야 했습니다. 그 과정에서 그녀 또한 제대로 학업을 이수하지 못했고, 돈을 벌기 위해 삯바느질부터 가정부, 재봉사, 가정교사, 간호병 등 다양한 직업을 전전했습니다만, 역설적으로 풍부한 삶의 경험은 그녀를 세계적인 대작가로 성장하게 한 밑거름이 되었습니다. 그녀는 평생 결혼하지 않았으나, 월든의 작가 헨리 데이비드 소로(Henry David Thoreau)에 대한 감정을 담은 책 무드(Moods)(1864)를 집필한 바 있으며, 이후 출간한 작은 아씨들(Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)(1868)의 주인공 조는 지적이지만, 낭만적이지 않은 중년의 독일 교수 프리드리히 바어(Friedrich Bhaer)와 결혼하는 것도 흥미로운 포인트일 것입니다. ▶ “Her father's old books were all she could command, and these she wore out with much reading. Inheriting his refined tastes, she found nothing to attract her in the society of the commonplace and often coarse people about her. She tried to like the buxom girls whose one ambition was to "get married," and whose only subjects of conversation were "smart bonnets" and "nice dresses." She tried to believe that the admiration and regard of the bluff young farmers was worth striving for; but when one well-to-do neighbor laid his acres at her feet, she found it impossible to accept for her life's companion a man whose soul was wrapped up in prize cattle and big turnips.” ▷ “그녀의 아버지의 오래된 책들은 그녀가 명령할 수 있는 전부였고, 이것들은 그녀가 많이 읽어서 낡았습니다. 그의 세련된 취향을 이어받으면서, 그녀는 평범하고 종종 그녀에 대한 거친 사람들의 사회에서 그녀를 끌어당길 수 있는 어떤 것도 발견하지 못했습니다. 그녀는 "결혼"하는 것이 하나의 야망이고, 대화의 주제는 "똑똑한 보닛"과 "멋진 드레스"뿐인 복섬 소녀(the buxom girls)들을 좋아하려고 노력했습니다. 그녀는 젊은 농부들의 허세 부리는 것에 대한 존경과 존경은 노력할 가치가 있다고 믿으려고 노력했지만, 한 부유한 이웃이 그녀의 발밑에 그의 에이커를 놓았을 때, 그녀는 그녀의 인생의 동반자를 위해 영혼이 값비싼 소와 큰 순무에 싸인 남자를 받아들이는 것이 불가능하다는 것을 알게 되었습니다.” -목차(Index)- ▶ 프롤로그(Prologue). 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics) 999선을 읽어야 하는 7가지 이유 ▶ 11가지 키워드로 읽는 루이자 메이 알코트(Louisa May Alcott)(1832~1888) 01. 30여 편의 소설을 집필한 미국 작가(1832~1888) 02. 초월주의자(Transcendentalist) 03. 작은 아씨들(Little Women)(1868) 04. 미국 우정청(USPS) 미국인(Famous Americans) 기념우표(1940) 05. 미국 여성 명예의 전당(National Women's Hall of Fame)(1996) 06. 퓰리쳐상(Pulitzer Prize) 이든의 이방인 - 루이자 메이 알코트와 그녀의 아버지 이야기(Eden's Outcasts - The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father)(2008) 07. 평전 작은 아씨들 뒤편의 여인(The Woman Behind "Little Women“)(2009) 08. 탄생 184주년 구글 두들(Google Doodle)(2016) 09. 루이자 메이 알코트(Louisa May Alcott)를 만나는 9곳 10. 오디오북(Audio Books)으로 듣는 루이자 메이 알코트(Louisa May Alcott) 11. 루이자 메이 알코트(Louisa May Alcott) 어록(Quotes)(101) ▶ 루이자 메이 알코트의 작은 아씨들(일러스트 에디션)(Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott)(1868) LITTLE WOMEN OR Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy Preface Contents List of Illustrations. The First Part 01. Playing Pilgrims 02. A Merry Christmas 03. The Laurence Boy 04. Burdens 05. Being Neighborly 06. Beth Finds The Palace Beautiful 07. Amy's Valley Of Humiliation 08. Jo Meets Apollyon 09. Meg Goes To Vanity Fair 10. The P.C. And P.O. 11. Experiments 12. Camp Laurence 13. Castles In The Air 14. Secrets 15. A Telegram 16. Letters 17. Little Faithful 18. Dark Days 19. Amy's Will 20. Confidential 21. Laurie Makes Mischief, And Jo Makes Peace 22. Pleasant Meadows 23. Aunt March Settles The Question The Second Part 24. Gossip 25. The First Wedding 26. Artistic Attempts 27. Literary Lessons 28. Domestic Experiences 29. Calls 30. Consequences 31. Our Foreign Correspondent 32. Tender Troubles 33. Jo's Journal 34. Friend 35. Heartache 36. Beth's Secret 37. New Impressions 38. On The Shelf 39. Lazy Laurence 40. The Valley Of The Shadow 41. Learning To Forget 42. All Alone 43. Surprises 44. My Lord And Lady 45. Daisy And Demi 46. Under The Umbrella 47. Harvest Time Louisa M. Alcott'S Writings The Little Women Series by Louisa M. Alcott Other StoriesⅠ by Louisa M. Alcott Other StoriesⅡ by Louisa M. Alcott ▶ 부록(Appendix). 세계의 고전을 여행하는 히치하이커를 위한 안내서(The Hitchhiker's Guide to Worlds's Classics) A01. 하버드 서점(Harvard Book Store) 직원 추천 도서 100선(Staff's Favorite 100 Books) & 판매도서 100위(Top 100 Books) A02. 서울대 권장도서 100 A03. 연세필독도서 고전 200선 A04. 고려대학교 세종캠퍼스 권장도서 100선 A05. 서울대, 연세대, 고려대 공통 권장도서 60권 A06. 성균관대학교 오거서(五車書) 성균 고전 100선 A07. 경희대 후마니타스 칼리지(Humanitas College) 교양필독서 100선 A08. 포스텍(포항공대) 권장도서 100선 A09. 카이스트(KAIST) 독서마일리지제 추천도서 100권 A10. 문학상 수상작 및 추천도서(44) A11. 영어고전(English Classics) 오디오북을 무료로 듣는 5가지 방법(How to listen to FREE audio Books legally?) A12. 영화·드라마로 만나는 영어고전(Movies and TV Shows Based on English Classic Books) ▶ 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics) 999선 ▶ 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 도서목록(1,631) ▶ 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics) 999선 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics) 999선은 수백 년의 세월에도 변치 않는 명저 중 대중성을 겸비한 베스트셀러를 엄선해 선정하였습니다. 조명화 편집장의 ‘키워드로 읽는 작가 & 작품’ 해설과 세계 최대의 무료 도메인 오디오북(free public domain audioBooks) 플랫폼 리브리복스(LibrIVox) 오디오북 링크를 첨부하였습니다. 수백 년의 세월에도 변치 않는 명저의 감동을 다시 한 번 확인해 보시기 바랍니다. 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics) 999선과 함께 어제도, 오늘도, 내일도 멋진 문학여행을! ▶ 루이자 메이 알코트 콜렉션(Louisa May Alcott Collection)(41부작) Ⅰ. 루이자 메이 알코트의 작은 아씨들 시리즈(The Little Women Series of Louisa May Alcott)(09) 영어고전033 루이자 메이 알코트의 작은 아씨들 English Classics033 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전749 루이자 메이 알코트의 작은 아씨들(일러스트 에디션) English Classics749 Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전750 루이자 메이 알코트의 플럼필드의 삶과 조의 아이들: 작은 신사들 English Classics750 Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전751 루이자 메이 알코트의 조의 아이들 English Classics751 Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men" by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전752 루이자 메이 알코트의 올드 패션드 걸(구식 소녀) English Classics752 An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전753 루이자 메이 알코트의 여덟 사촌; 또는 고모 언덕(사랑스런 소녀 로즈와 일곱 명의 사촌들) English Classics753 Eight Cousins; Or, The Aunt-Hill by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전754 루이자 메이 알코트의 꽃이 만발한 장미 English Classics754 Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전755 루이자 메이 알코트의 라일락꽃 피는 집 English Classics755 Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전756 루이자 메이 알코트의 잭과 질 English Classics756 Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott Ⅱ. 루이자 메이 알코트의 여성 소설(Women‘s Novels of Louisa May Alcott)(05) 영어고전757 루이자 메이 알코트의 가면 뒤에서; 또는 여성의 힘 English Classics757 Behind a Mask; or, a Woman's Power by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전758 루이자 메이 알코트의 병원 스케치 English Classics758 Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전759 루이자 메이 알코트의 무드 English Classics759 Moods by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전760 루이자 메이 알코트의 경험담: 노동 English Classics760 Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전761 루이자 메이 알코트의 폴린의 열정과 벌 English Classics761 Pauline's Passion and Punishment by Louisa May Alcott Ⅲ. 루이자 메이 알코트의 어린이 및 청소년 소설(Children & Juvenile Fiction of Louisa May Alcott)(06) 영어고전762 루이자 메이 알코트의 소녀들을 위한 화환 English Classics762 A Garland for Girls by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전763 루이자 메이 알코트의 물레 이야기 English Classics763 Spinning-Wheel Stories by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전764 루이자 메이 알코트 읽기: 4학년을 위한 보충 자료 English Classics764 The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School 영어고전765 루이자 메이 알코트의 잠언 이야기 English Classics765 Proverb Stories by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전766 루이자 메이 알코트의 캔디의 나라 English Classics766 The Candy Country by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전767 루이자 메이 알코트의 마조리의 세 가지 선물 English Classics767 Marjorie's Three Gifts by Louisa May Alcott Ⅳ. 루이자 메이 알코트의 단편 소설(Short stories of Louisa May Alcott)(05) 영어고전768 루이자 메이 알코트의 꽃 우화집(꼬마 제비꽃과 얼음왕) English Classics768 Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전769 루이자 메이 알코트의 작고 낡은 신발과 다른 이야기; 모던 신데렐라(신데렐라의 탄생) English Classics769 A Modern Cinderella; Or, The Little Old Shoe, and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전770 루이자 메이 알코트의 100주년 사랑 이야기: 실버 피처 그리고 독립 English Classics770 Silver Pitchers: and Independence, a Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전771 루이자 메이 알코트의 피켓 듀티와 다른 이야기 English Classics771 On Picket Duty, and Other Tales by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전772 루이자 메이 알코트의 단편집 English Classics772 Short Stories by Louisa May Alcott Ⅴ. 루이자 메이 알코트의 시리즈물(Children's Stories Series of Louisa May Alcott)(09) 영어고전773 루이자 메이 알코트의 루루의 도서관Ⅰ English Classics773 Lulu's Library, Volume 1(of 3) by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전774 루이자 메이 알코트의 루루의 도서관Ⅱ English Classics774 Lulu's Library, Volume 2(of 3) by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전775 루이자 메이 알코트의 루루의 도서관Ⅲ English Classics775 Lulu's Library, Volume 3(of 3) by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전776 루이자 메이 알코트의 조 아줌마의 스크랩 백Ⅰ English Classics776 Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Volume 1 by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전777 루이자 메이 알코트의 조 아줌마의 스크랩 백Ⅱ English Classics777 Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Volume 2 by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전778 루이자 메이 알코트의 조 아줌마의 스크랩 백Ⅲ English Classics778 Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 3 by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전779 루이자 메이 알코트의 조 아줌마의 스크랩 백Ⅳ English Classics779 Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 4 by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전780 루이자 메이 알코트의 조 아줌마의 스크랩 백Ⅴ English Classics780 Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Volume 5 by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전781 루이자 메이 알코트의 조 아줌마의 스크랩 백Ⅵ English Classics781 Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Volume 6 by Louisa May Alcott Ⅵ. 루이자 메이 알코트의 기타 장르(Other Genre of Louisa May Alcott)(07) 영어고전782 루이자 메이 알코트의 수수께끼의 열쇠 English Classics782 The Mysterious Key and What It Opened by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전783 루이자 메이 알코트의 코믹 비극 English Classics783 Comic Tragedies by Louisa May Alcott and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt 영어고전784 루이자 메이 알코트의 크리스마스 이야기: 수도원장의 유령, 또는 모리스 트레헤른의 유혹 English Classics784 The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전785 루이자 메이 알코트의 모던 메피스토펠레스와 어둠 속의 속삭임 English Classics785 A Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전786 루이자 메이 알코트의 브론슨 알코트의 후르츠랜드 English Classics786 Bronson Alcott's Fruitlands, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears by Sears and Alcott 영어고전787 루이자 메이 알코트의 미공개 시 3편 English Classics787 Three Unpublished Poems by Louisa May Alcott 영어고전788 루이자 메이 알코트의 그녀의 삶, 편지, 일기 English Classics788 Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Louisa May Alcott ▶ 테마여행신문 TTN Theme Travel News Korea는 2012년부터 현재까지 1,000종 이상의 콘텐츠를 기획 및 출간한 여행 전문 디지털 콘텐츠 퍼블리셔(Digital Contents Publisher)입니다. 다양한 분야의 전문작가와 함께 신개념 여행 가이드북 원코스(1 Course), 포토에세이 원더풀(Onederful), 여행에세이 별 헤는 밤(Counting the Stars at Night) 등 전 세계를 아우르는 분야별 여행 콘텐츠를 지속적으로 발행하고 있습니다. 테마여행신문 TTN Korea(방송대 기네스상 2017 ‘최다 출간 및 최다 자격증’ 수상)와 함께 어제도, 오늘도, 내일도 멋진 여행을! 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Taking place ten years after Little Men, Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out, by Louisa May Alcott, is the third and final book in the Little Women trilogy. Originally published in 1886, two years before Ms. Alcott's death, Jo's Boys follows the lives of the young men readers came to love and cherish in its prequel. In it, we learn the fates of Jo's sons Rob and Teddy, along with the other boys at Plumfield Estate School. Written in classic Alcott style, we see how the boys struggle to overcome their many flaws, in the end learning life's lessons the hard way. Just as the March girls did, each boy must learn to deal with death, love, heartbreak, and the consequences of their actions. Readers will feel pain and joy along side each young man as he completes his life journey and fulfills his dreams in this classic conclusion to one of America's most beloved series. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888), one of the most well-known American novelists of the 19th century, was born on November 29, 1832 to transcendentalist educator Amos Bronson Alcott and his wife, Abigail May Alcott. She was the second of four sisters (like Jo, her literary corollary), and grew up in a family that encouraged and sympathized with her abolitionist and feminist leanings. As a child she received instruction from noted literary figures such as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, all family friends. In addition to the Little Women series, which included four novels, she wrote 28 other works, three under the pen name A.M Barnard. Though Alcott had chronic health problems in her later years, most likely attributed to an autoimmune disease, she continued to write until her death at 55 in 1888.
This early work is a collection of Louisa May Alcott‘s letters, journals, and notes. Published a year after Alcott's death this is a truly unparalleled collection of her personal correspondence and a fascinating insight into the character and thoughts of this much loved author. Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was an American author best known for her “Little Women” trilogy. An interesting and uniquely insightful look into the life and mind of this esteemed author, “Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, And Journals” will appeal to those who have read and enjoyed any of Alott's works. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
The fourth and last book about the March family. Ten years after the school at Plumfield was founded, there is now a college, built with a legacy from old Mr Lawrence. All Jo's original children are grown young men, scattered around the world, and graceful young women with high ambitions. But young men face as many troubles as children do, and they are still 'Jo's boys'.
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 mysterious Philip Tempest, Rosamond is seduced with promises of love and freedom, then spirited away on Tempest's sumptuous yacht. But she soon finds herself trapped in a web of intrigue, cruelty, and deceit. Desperate to escape, she flees to Italy, France, and Germany, from Parisian garret to mental asylum, from convent to chateau, as Tempest stalks every step of the fiery beauty who has become his obsession. A story of dark love and passionate obsession that was considered "too sensational" to be published in the authors lifetime, A Long Fatal Love Chase was written for magazine serialization in 1866, two years before the publication of Little Women. Buried among Louisa May Alcott's papers for more than a century, its publication is a literary landmark—a novel that is bold, timeless, and mesmerizing.
Jo’s Boys continues the story of many of the characters that appeared in Little Women and Little Men. Jo and her husband Professor Bhaer are now running Laurence College, the funding of which was made possible by the estate of Old Mr. Laurence. The institution supports the educational philosophy and practices evident in Little Men and reflects the ideas of Alcott and her father Amos Bronson Alcott, an educator and philosopher. Laurence College is a post-secondary school where the students of Little Men are continuing their education. This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.
This carefully crafted ebook: “Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men" (Unabridged)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This work is the third book in the Little Women trilogy by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1886. In the book Alcott returns to the familiar precincts of Plumfield. Ten years later, Jo's pupils have started to make their way in the world, and they find themselves tested: Josie longs to be an actress; Emil, now a sailor, is shipwrecked; Dan, out West, lands in prison; Nat, studying music in Germany, is tempted into living beyond his means. Faced with new obstacles, they look back on the lessons learned at home and begin to appreciate the real value of their Plumfield education. Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. She was an advocate of abolition, women's rights, and temperance.
Louisa May Alcott's beloved tale about Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy is presented in a beautiful Everyman's Library Children's Classics edition. The story of the four sisters' dreams, quarrels, and romances are brought to vivid life in this edition that features full cloth binding in bold, bright colors; silk ribbon marker and headband; two-color illustrated endpapers and illustrations throughout. A brief biography of Alcott is also included.
The beloved March family trilogy—presented in one “single, beautifully crafted volume” featuring original illustrations (John Matteson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) From the incidents of her own remarkable childhood, Louisa May Alcott fashioned a trilogy of novels that catapulted her to fame and fortune and that remain among the most beloved works in all of American literature. Here, in an authoritative single-volume edition restoring Alcott’s original text as well as her sister May (the original of Amy)’s illustrations, is the complete series. Set in a small New England town during the Civil War and Reconstruction, Little Women introduces Alcott’s remarkable heroines, the March sisters—above all, her alter ego Jo March, with her literary ambition and independent spirit. The follow-up, Little Men, follows Jo into adulthood and marriage as she finds herself the caretaker of a houseful of rambunctious children at Plumfield School. Jo’s Boys returns to Plumfield a decade later; now grown, Jo’s children recount adventures of their own. At once heartwarming and true to life, Alcott’s novels will continue to win over readers both young and old, as they have for generations. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
In 1868 Louisa May Alcott began to write a novel based on her own childhood, in the hope of settling some of her father's mounting debts. 'Little Women' is a sensitive portrayal of the lives of four young sisters growing up during the American Civil War.
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