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This charming, old-fashioned children's story begins by mirroring the nursery rhyme. Two friends, Jack and Jill, go up a hill to go sledding. They come tumbling down, and Jack breaks his leg while Jill injures her back more seriously. The book tells the tale of their recuperation and also of their and their friends' journey into young adulthood. The book is slightly moralistic, in the way that Little Women is; the young people earnestly want to become good and to help their friends become good. Although this style is t in fashion w, it still makes fWhile the book is ideally suited for younger readers, grown ups will be interested in the larger issues raised here. Alcott firmly asserts the need for individual growth, gender equality, and personal responsibility. Historical discussions about temperance and higher education for women should additionally make this book a good read for history fans.

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PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform

brandCreateSpace

GTIN9781481220286

ISBN-101481220284

ISBN-139781481220286

eBay Product ID (ePID)189591485

Product Key Features

AuthorLouisa May Alcott

FormatTrade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback / Softback

LanguageEnglish

TopicChildren's Fiction

Publication Year2012

TypeNovel

GenreChildren's Fiction

Dimensions

Weight281g

Depth11 mm

Height229mm

Width152mm

Additional Product Features

Publication CountryUnited States

Spine11mm

Publication Date10/12/2012

Illustrations noteblack & white illustrations

AudienceChildren

Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations

Author BiographyLouisa May Alcott (1832 -1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women was set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, and published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters. Alcott's literary success arrived with the publication by the Roberts Brothers of the first part of Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Part two, or Part Second, also known as Good Wives, followed the March sisters into adulthood and their respective marriages. Little Men detailed Jo's life at the Plumfield School that she founded with her husband Professor Bhaer at the conclusion of Part Two of Little Women. Jo's Boys completed the March Family Saga. In Little Women, Alcott based her heroine Jo on herself. But whereas Jo marries at the end of the story, Alcott remained single throughout her life. In her later life, Alcott became an advocate for women's suffrage and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Massachusetts, in a school board election. Alcott, along with Elizabeth Stoddard, Rebecca Harding Davis, Anne Moncure Crane, and others, were part of a group of female authors during the Gilded Age who addressed women's issues in a modern and candid manner. Alcott, who continued to write until her death, suffered chronic health problems in her later years. Alcott died of a stroke in Boston, on March 6, 1888, at age 55, two days after visiting her father's deathbed. Her last words were Is it not meningitis?

Age10-12+

Date of Publication10/12/2012

PublicationDate10-Dec-12

Country of PublicationUnited States