Este libro presenta "Mujercitas", con un indice dinámico y detallado. Es la novela parcialmente autobiográfica escrita por Louisa May Alcott y publicada en 1868. Trata la vida de cuatro niñas que se convierten en mujeres con la Guerra Civil en los Estados Unidos como fondo, entre 1861 y 1865. La talentosa Jo, la hermosa Meg, la tímida Beth y la temperamental Amy luchan diarimente con la pobreza y no pierden el espíritu y la esperanza. Destinada principalmente al público juvenil, puede considerarse en parte autobiográfica de la niñez de su autora en Nueva Inglaterra. Vida familiar,...

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women, Good Wives and the sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. The first part of the series - "Little Women" is a semi-autobiographical account of Louisa May Alcott's childhood with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. The novel tells the story of four teenaged sisters and their mother, Marmee. The family lives in a new neighborhood in Massachusetts in genteel poverty. Having lost all his money, their father is acting as a pastor, miles from home, involved in the American Civil War. The women face their first...

Little Women and Good Wives, published in 1868 and 1869 respectively, is a story following the four March sisters and their friend Theodore "Laurie" Lawrence in Massachusetts in the 1800's. The four girls each exhibit individual flaws and much of the plot is concerned with their journey to correct themselves, always supporting each other in the end despite their numerous squabbles. Margaret "Meg" March is the eldest sister and at the beginning of the tale is very preoccupied with materialistic possessions, Josephine "Jo" March is a tomboy with a fiery temper, Elizabeth "Beth" March is shy and...

Little Women is a novel by Louisa May Alcott, published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives, loves and tribulations of fours sisters growing up during the American Civil War. While their father serves in the conflict, the sisters-dutiful Meg, fiery Jo, gentle Beth, and fanciful Amy-are guided on a journey of growth and experience by their spirited mother. Little Women is the story of a loving and unconventional family welcoming life's joys and bravely facing life's sorrows. In part autobiographical, this is an important historical portrait of young women growing up in...

Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women, Good Wives and the sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. The first part of Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868), is a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Part two, or Part Second, also known as Good Wives (1869), followed the March sisters into adulthood and their respective marriages. Little Men (1871) detailed Jo's life at the Plumfield School that she founded with her husband Professor Bhaer at the conclusion of Part Two of...

On Picket Duty and Other Tales is an engrossing compilation by Louisa May Alcott containing four compelling short stories titled On Picket Day, The King of Clubs and The Queen of Hearts, The Cross on the Old Church Tower, and The Death of John. All the stories have some depth and a more profound meaning attached to them. Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, poet, and short-story writer, best known as the writer of the novel Little Women (1868) Excerpt from the story On Picket Duty "October moonlight shone clearly on the solitary tree, draped with gray moss, scarred by lightning and...

Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag contains 66 children's short stories by Louisa May Alcott, divided in six volumes: Volume 1: My Boys Tessa's Surprises Buzz The Children's Joke Dandelion Madam Cluck and her Family A Curious Call Tilly's Christmas My Little Gentleman Back Windows Little Marie of Lehon My May-day among Curious Birds and Beasts Our Little Newsboy Patty's Patchwork Volume 2: Off Brittany France Switzerland Italy London Volume 3: Cupid and Chow-Chow Huckleberry Nelly's Hospital Grandma's Team Fairy Pinafores Mamma's Plot Kate's Choice The Moss People What Fanny heard A Marine Merry-making...

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Henry James called her "The novelist of children... the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom." Content: - A Christmas Dream - The Candy Country - Naughty Jocko - The Skipping Shoes - Cockyloo - Rosy's Journey - How They Ran Away - The Fairy Box - A Hole in The Wall - The Piggy Girl - The Three Frogs - Baa! Baa! - The Frost King and How The Fairies Conquered Him - Lilybell and Thistledown - Ripple, the Water Sprite -...

"Behind a Mask or A Woman's Power" was originally published in 1866 under the pseudonym "A. M. Barnard." In this novel, Louisa May Alcott develops the topic of romance and sexual intrigue. Although its tone and characterizations are different from her best-known works, such as "Little Women" and "Little Men," this work is one of her literary gems.

This book presents some of Alcott's most successful romance short stories, which preserve their timeless charm even now. It contains the stories like" A Modern Cinderella," "Debby's Debut," "The Brothers," and Nelly's Hospital."