Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
ISBN: 0866119558
ISBN-13: 9780866119559
Format: Reinforced Hardcover
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Summary
A classic with girls everywhere, LITTLE WOMEN tells the gripping story of the four March sisters-Jo, Amy, Beth, and Meg-as they struggle to grow up in an impoverished New England family during the Civil War. In this old-fashioned coming-of-age novel based on Louisa May Alcott's own interesting childhood, each sister, though uniquely talented, has to overcome her own unfortunate qualities, which include bluntness, vanity, shyness, and self-indulgence. Book One focuses on the pleasures and pains of life with their loving and wise mother, Marmee, while their father, a minister, serves in the war. Book Two takes place after the war has ended and the father has returned to the family. Jo's intense determination to become a professional writer, Beth’s loving heart, Meg’s work as a governess, and Amy’s burgeoning artistic talent are each followed with care as the sisters
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"...'Little Women' represents Alcott's belief that the fullest art came from women who had fulfilled both their sexual and their intellectual needs....Jo lives and writes, not as the unattainable genius, Shakespeare's sister, but as a sister of our own." -- Elaine Showalter
"In 'Little Women' [Alcott] gives us Jo, her best creation, but to allow Jo to live the adult reader must forgive Alcott everything else in the 502 soppy and moralizing pages." -- Jane Hamilton
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"Jo should have remained a literary spinster, but so many enthusiastic young ladies wrote to me clamorously demanding that she should marry Laurie, or somebody, that I didn't dare refuse and out of perversity went and made a funny match for her." -- Louisa May Alcott
"There was one book in which I believed I had caught a glimpse of my future self: 'Little Women', by Louisa May Alcott....I identified passionately with Jo, the intellectual....I shared her horror of housekeeping and her love of books." -- Simone De Beauvoir
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Abdo Pub Co
Published date: 1989
Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Synopses
An instant classic with girls everywhere, LITTLE WOMEN tells the gripping story of the four March sisters--Jo, Amy, Beth, and Meg--as they struggle to grow up in New England, amidst poverty during the Civil War. Based on the author's own interesting childhood, the novel was first printed in two volumes, as initially, Louisa May Alcott didn’t expect the story to be popular. An old-fashioned coming-of-age novel, each sister, though uniquely talented, has to overcome her own unfortunate qualities, including bluntness, vanity, shyness, and being spoiled. "Book One" focuses on the pleasures and pains of life with their loving and wise mother, Marmee, while their father, a minister, serves in the war. "Book Two" takes place after the war has ended and the father has returned to the family. Jo's intense determination to become a professional writer, Beth’s charity-loving heart, Meg’s work as a governess, and Amy’s burgeoning artistic talent are each followed with care as the sisters cope with love, marriage, an unexpected tragedy, and growing up.
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Little Women
Alcott, Louisa May
Baronet Books. New. Condition: New, unused book.; bkcs ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Alcott, Louise May
Playmore Publishers. Hardcover. 0866119558 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. 1989 Playmore Publishers Hard Cover . Very Good. 1989. ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Alcott, Louise May
Playmore Publishers. Hardcover. 0866119558 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 1989 Playmore Publishers Hard Cover . Very Good. 1989. ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Louise May Alcott
Playmore Inc. Publishers. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1989. hardcover. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Some rubbing on cover. ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Alcott, Louise May
Playmore Publishers. Hardcover. 0866119558 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 1989 Playmore Publishers Hard Cover . Very Good. 1989. ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Louise May Alcott
Playmore Inc. Publishers. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1989. hardcover. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Some rubbing on cover. Cover has some wear on edges. Price or other sticker on dust jacket.Cover is just beginning to separate from binding. fff. ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Louise May Alcott
Playmore Publishers. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Alcott, Louise May
Playmore Publishers. School & Library Binding. 0866119558 HARDCOVER, VERY NICE AND CLEAN, HAS GENTLE WEAR, PAGES CLEAN, BINDING TIGHT, NO HIGHLIGHTING/UNDERLINING/MARKS, GREAT FOR PERSONAL USE . Very Good. 5/1/1989. ( more information)
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Little Women
Alcott, Lousia May
Baronet, 1989. Hard. New / No DJ. Pictorial Cover. Unread. Great Illustrated Classics. (J-3). ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Alcott, Louise May
Playmore Publishers. SCHOOL & LIBRARY BINDING. 0866119558 1989 Baronet Books; **LARGE PRINT; HC; Cover: shelf & edge wears, o/w excellent condition; Content: clean, tight & unmarked; Ships Quick . Fine. ( more information)
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Little Women
Alcott, Louisa May
Edina, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Abdo Pub Co, 1989 Top corners and spine bumped, tight binding. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. ( more information)
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Little Women
Alcott, Louisa May-adapted By Lucia Monfried
Baronet Books, 1989. Little Women-Great Illustrated Classics-a specially adapted version by Lucia Monfried. Hardback 238 page book with glossy pictorial cover has some small spots on front endpapers-otherwise quite clean and in very good+ condition. No dust jacket. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Publio Marcos Studio. ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Alcott, Louisa May
Playmore, 1989. 1989 Playmore hard cover. VG condition/No dust jacket. Great Illustrated Classices Edition. VERY CLEAN, WHITE & SOLID. Owner's name inside cover. No other marks or stickers. Black & White Illustrations by the Pablo Marcos Studio. Very small smudge on front edge of text block. . ISBN: 0866119558. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Pablo Marcos Studio. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fiction, Novels, Classic. ( more information)
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Little Women
Alcott, Louisa May
Baronet Books. A very good to fine picturecover hardcover with white spine. Very nice cover, but there is a bit of writing in ink on the front endpaper. Copyright 1989, edition not stated.. ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics Ser., Vol. 4)
Alcott, Louisa May
New York: Baronet Books, Playmore, Incorporated, Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket 1989. Hardcover. Hardcover, Fine, No dj (as issued), no cover wear, clean, tight, unmarked, 6 x 8, Glossy Pictorial cover, b&w illustrations, . ( more information)
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Little Women
Alcott, Louisa May
Edina, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Abdo Pub Co, 1989 Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ( more information)
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Little Women (Adapted)
Alcott, Louisa May
Baronet, 1989. Great Illustrated Classics Book #224-4. Children Hardback. Specially adapted version by Lucia Monfried. Illustrations by Pablo Marcos Studio. Edited by Malvina G. Vogel. VG condition children hardback without dust jacket, as published? Minor wear around edges with bumped spine and slightly bent corners. Former owner nameplate glued to first blank page and name / dated inked on first blank page. Pages are clean and tight with black line illustrations throughout. Good means normal reader wear. Specially adapted version by Lucia Monfried. Illustrations by Pablo Marcos Studio. Edited by Malvina G. Vogel. VG condition children hardback without dust jacket, as published? Minor wear around edges with bumped spine and slightly bent corners. Former owner nameplate glued to first blank page and name / dated inked on first blank page. Pages are clean and tight with black line illustrations throughout. Good means normal reader wear. ( more information)
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Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics)
Louise May Alcott
Playmore Publishers, 1989-05. School & Library Binding. Like New. IN STOCK - like new from private collection - "Great Illustrated Classics" 224-4 - gift quality - Expedited shipping available - Mailed within 2 working daysWe do not ship to all countries. Please contact us about shipping charges before ordering from outside of the U.S.A. Thank you. ( more information)
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The Yearling
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
Saunders. A very good plus picturecover hardcover in a good dust jacket. 1st Canadian edition 1940. Illus. by Edward Shenton. ( more information)
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