Little Women

Informationen zum Autor Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) was brought up in Pennsylvania, USA. She turned to writing in order to supplement the family income and had many short stories published in magazines and newspapers. Then, in 1862, during the height of the American Civil War, Louisa went to Georgetown to work as a nurse, but she contracted typhoid. Out of her experiences she wrote Hospital Sketches (1864) which won wide acclaim, followed by an adult novel , Moods. She was reluctant to write a children's book but then realized that in herself and her three sisters she had the perfect models. The result was Little Women (1868) which became the earliest American children's novel to become a classic. Klappentext Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) was brought up in Pennsylvania, USA. She turned to writing in order to supplement the family income and had many short stories published in magazines and newspapers. She was reluctant to write a children's book but then realized that in herself and her three sisters she had the perfect models. The result was Little Women (1868) which became the earliest American to become a classic. Zusammenfassung Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there's tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there's Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together they are the March sisters.

Product details

• Authors: Louisa Alcott, Louisa May Alcott, Louise Rennison
• Assisted by: Louise Rennison (Introduction), Rennison Louise (Introduction)
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.03.2008
• EAN: 9780141321080
• ISBN: 978-0-14-132108-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 178 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Puffin Classics; Puffin Classics Relaunch; Puffin Classics; Puffin Classics Relaunch
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, Massachusetts, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / United States, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women