Louisa May Alcott - Libros y biografía

'If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place here in ten years, I wouldn't have believed it,' said Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg, as they sat on the piazza at Plumfield one summer day, looking...

"I want something to do." This remark being addressed to the world in general, no one in particular felt it their duty to reply; so I repeated it to the smaller world about me, received the following...

"Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him. "Yes. Who sent you?" "Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the lady." "All right;...

Rose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected. She had retired to this room...

Little Women Little Men Jo's Boys An Old-Fashioned Girl Eight Cousins "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg,...

THE summer moon shone brightly down upon the sleeping earth, while far away from mortal eyes danced the Fairy folk. Fire-flies hung in bright clusters on the dewy leaves, that waved in the cool night-wind;...

Among green New England hills stood an ancient house, many-gabled, mossy-roofed, and quaintly built, but picturesque and pleasant to the eye; for a brook ran babbling through the orchard that encompassed...

When Rose Campbell, a shy orphan, arrives at "The Aunt Hill" to live with her six aunts and seven boisterous male cousins, she is quite overwhelmed. How could such a delicate young lady, used to the quiet...

A Modern Cinderella is a collection of four short stories by Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women. Like her more famous novels, Alcott tells stories of young women interacting with people and...

Moods, Louisa May Alcott's first novel was published in 1864, four years before the best-selling Little Women. The novel unconventionally presents a "little woman," a true-hearted abolitionist spinster,...

Un ultimo, preziosissimo regalo dell’autrice di Piccole donne a lettrici e lettori di ogni etàIn questo terzo volume di racconti, uscito a Boston nel 1889, pochi mesi dopo la morte dell’autrice, Alcott...

Nel mese di novembre, fra le colline del New Hampshire, fiocchi di neve e folate di vento preannunciano un freddo e lungo inverno. In un turbinio di pentole fumanti e pane da impastare, di mele da affettare...

Durante un periodo di forzata immobilità, Louisa May Alcott scrisse sette storie ispirate ai fiori. Intrecciando questa meravigliosa ghirlanda per suo diletto e per le sue ragazze, raccontò dell’amore...

Donetes va tenir un èxit instantani quan es va publicar, ja que va connectar molt bé amb els lectors i les lectores; aquesta obra es considera que inaugura el gènere de la literatura juvenil de caire...

This beautiful HarperCollins Children’s Classics edition of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. During the hardships of the American Civil War,...

In un'aristocratica famiglia inglese fa il suo ingresso Jean Muir, istitutrice dall'aria ingenua, ma che nasconde un fine malvagio. La ragazza è gentile con tutti, ma talvolta la sua lingua biforcuta...

Flower fables was the first work published by Louisa May Alcott and appeared on December 9, 1854. The book was a compilation of fanciful stories first written six years earlier for Ellen Emerson (daughter...

Dall’autrice di Piccole donne, amata da generazioni di lettrici e di lettori, considerata come una delle più originali e rivoluzionarie scrittrici di sempre. Una rarissima perla letteraria, una scoperta...

Dimenticate le piccole borghesi per bene. La Alcott intinge la sua penna nell'inchiostro più nero e torbido che usa, con la maestria che l'ha resa nota ed amata a generazioni di giovinette e non solo,...

Les Quatre Filles du docteur March Resumé : Aux Etats-Unis, en pleine guerre de Sécession, les quatre jeunes soeurs March, Margaret (surnommée Meg), Joséphine (Jo), Elisabeth (Beth) et Amy vivent...

Dopo il clamoroso successo del primo volume, undici nuovi racconti inediti dell’autrice di Piccole donne, amata da generazioni di lettrici e di lettori, una delle più originali e rivoluzionarie scrittrici...

"Has she come?" "No, Mamma, not yet." "I wish it were well over. The thought of it worries and excites me. A cushion for my back, Bella." And poor, peevish Mrs. Coventry sank into an easy chair with a...

Trevlyn lands and Trevlyn gold, Heir nor heiress e'er shall hold, Undisturbed, till, spite of rust, Truth is found in Trevlyn dust. "This is the third time I've found you poring over that old rhyme....

Three young men stood together on a wharf one bright October day awaiting the arrival of an ocean steamer with an impatience which found a vent in lively skirmishes with a small lad, who pervaded the...

Being Boston girls, of course they got up a club for mental improvement, and, as they were all descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, they called it the Mayflower Club. A very good name, and the six young...

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott's most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be...

The beautiful 150th anniversary edition of Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of the four March sisters, featuring new illustrations and an introduction by New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney...

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 13.000 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Little...

In Louisa May Alcott's novel "Eight Cousins," readers are transported into the life of young Rose Campbell, who suddenly finds herself orphaned and under the care of her bachelor uncle. The novel explores...

No home library is complete without the classics! Little Women is a keepsake to be read and treasured.When Little Women was first published in 1868, it became an instant bestseller. The book’s gentle...