Good Wives

Informationen zum Autor Louisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832 in Pennsylvania. Her father was friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. Alcott started selling stories in order to help provide financial support for her family. Her first book was Flower Fables (1854). She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War and in 1863 she published Hospital Sketches , which was based on her experiences. Little Women was published in 1868 and was based on her life growing up with her three sisters. She followed it with three sequels, Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886) and she also wrote other books for both children and adults. Louisa May Alcott was an abolitionist and a campaigner for women's rights. She died on 6 March 1888. Klappentext 'As they sat together in the twilight, talking over their small plans, the future always grew so beautiful and bright' Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have grown up together in Orchard House with their friend Laurie next door, and now it's time for them to go out and find their places in the big wide world, to do the great and marvellous things they've dreamed of and discover their 'castles in the air'. They each find themselves tested, and fall in love, but when tragedy strikes they find their best comfort is in each other, and home. BACKSTORY: Learn more about the unusual author and have a go at making jam! Zusammenfassung Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have grown up together in Orchard House with their friend Laurie next door, and now it's time for them to go out and find their places in the big wide world, to do the great and marvellous things they've dreamed of and discover their 'castles in the air'.

Product details

• Authors: Louisa Alcott, Louisa May Alcott, Anonymous
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.09.2012
• EAN: 9780099573692
• ISBN: 978-0-09-957369-2
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 188 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Children's Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories