2005, ISBN: 1931082731

Hardcover

[EAN: 9781931082730], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: UNITED STATES: NINETEENTH CENTURY: LIBRARY OF AMERICA; ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY: MAY ALCO… More...

[EAN: 9781931082730], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: UNITED STATES: NINETEENTH CENTURY: LIBRARY OF AMERICA; ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY: MAY ALCOTT: LITTLE WOMEN, MEN, JO'S BOYS: EDITED WITH NOTES BY ELAINE SHOWALTER, Jacket, BELOVED: UNFORGETTABLE: HEART-WARMING: BRILLIANT: NEW LOA First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2005) Fourth Printing (2012 ): NEW LOA jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $40.00 pub. price at bottom-right inside-front flyleaf, NEW rayon-weave blue Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW Smyth-sewn binding w/ tight signatures & blue-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps w/ blue silk ribbon page-marker bound-in from top, IMPECCABLE distinctive white-on-blue LOA-patterned card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in Linotron Galliard on SUPERB unblemished lightweight opaque archival paper * 5.06" x 8.12" x 1.50", 0.73 kg, 1092 pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: Asked by her publisher to "write a girls' book", Louisa May Alcott at first doubted her abilities; she confessed to her journal that she "never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters". Yet from this modest start, she fashioned a series of novels that catapulted her to fame & fortune in her own time & remain among the most beloved works in all of American literature. Here, in an authoritative single-volume edition from LOA, are all 3 "Little Women" books as Alcott wrote them. This volume also includes the original illustrations, some drawn by Alcott's sister May, that accompanied the books' first printings. Set in a small New England town during the Civil War & Reconstruction, "Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy" (1868-69), introduces Alcott's remarkable heroines, the March sisters (above all, her alter ego Jo March, w/ her literary ambition & independent spirit. The novel chronicles the episodes, large & small, of the sisters' progress toward adulthood: their amateur theatricals, sibling rivalries & reconciliations, friendships & romance, & the loss of loved ones. Along the way, generations of readers have met a host of unforgettable characters: their watchful & hardworking mother, Marmee; formidable Aunt March; kindly Mr. Laurence; & Mr. Laurence’s grandson Laurie. "Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys" (1871) brilliantly extends the March family saga. Jo (now married to the good-natured Professor Bhaer, & w/ sons of her own) has become the unflappable matron of an extended family at Plumfield, a school the Bhaers have founded with Aunt March's legacy. Jo's rambunctious youngsters grow up in an atmosphere full of high spirits & misadventure: a world enlivened by Alcott’s unique powers of observation & sympathy. In "Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out" (1886), her final novel, Alcott returns to the familiar precincts of Plumfield. Ten years later, Jo's pupils have started to make their way in the world, & 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 w/ new obstacles, they look back on the lessons learned at home & begin to appreciate the real value of their Plumfield education. At once heartwarming & true to life, Alcott's novels will continue to win over readers both young & old, as they have for generations. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This is the best combined presentation of "Little Women", "Little Men", & "Jo's Boys" that we could possibly have asked for." -John Matteson, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning "Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott & Her Father". * ABOUT THE EDITOR: Elaine Showalter is Professor of English & Avalon Foundation Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University. She has written many books, including "A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing" & "A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx" & is the editor of "Alternat, Books<

ISBN: 9781931082730

The beloved March family trilogy-presented in one "single, beautifully crafted volume" featuring original illustrations (John Matteson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author) From the incidents o… More...

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. Buch, LIB OF AMER<

2005, ISBN: 9781931082730

Library of America, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 1045 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-02-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781931082730, 0.7 kg, Verkaufsrang: 17693… More...

Library of America, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 1045 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-02-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781931082730, 0.7 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1769319, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Klassiker, Familie, Themen & Stile, Lyrik, Antike & Mittelalter, Epochen, Coming-of-Age-Romane, Unterhaltungsliteratur, Familienromane, Belletristik, Jugendbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Format: Illustriert, Showalter, Elaine, Library of America, 2005<

ISBN: 9781931082730

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