Little Women
With Good Wives
$19.52
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
25 January 1989
Summary
This Penguin Classics edition of Louisa May Alcott’s inspiring tale of sisterhood, Little Women, is edited with an introduction by Elaine Showalter.
One of the best loved books of all time. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy—these March sisters navigate the hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140390698 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140390693 |
| Author: | Louisa May Alcott, Elaine Showalter, Siobhan Kilfeather |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 January 1989 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“The American female myth.” -Madelon Bedell
“The American female myth.”—Madelon Bedell
About The Author
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott was born in Pennsylvania, in 1832, the second of four daughters. After a period of serving as an army nurse, she published Hospital Sketches in 1863, followed by Gothic Romances and lurid thrillers. In 1868-9, she published Little Women, which proved so popular that it was followed by two sequels and several other novels. She died in 1888.
Elaine Showalter is the author of the groundbreaking A Literature of Their Own and editor of Little Women for Penguin Classics.
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