This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features timeless works from well-known authors that will become a precious holiday keepsake.
Perhaps no Christmas novel is more beloved than Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, and no holiday poem more well-known than Clement Clarke Moore's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Together these classic literary masterpieces warm our hearts and remind us of the joy and love to be discovered anew each Christmas morning.
A Classic Christmas features both of these traditional works, as well as other vintage poems and stories that celebrate the timeless truths of the holiday season. This cheerful, collectible treasury makes a wonderful gift for the reader in your life and reminds us that simple gifts of the heart and memories made with loved ones truly are the most meaningful of all.
With additional pieces from Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hans Christian Andersen, and more, A Classic Christmas will become a beloved holiday keepsake—one that will be enjoyed by the whole family for years to come.
Perfect as a stocking stuffer or as a host or hostess gift
Hardcover, giftable size
Makes a lovely keepsake companion to A Vintage Christmas and A Timeless Christmas
Includes hopeful and encouraging Christmas stories
Whether you're a long-time fan of Louisa May Alcott who is eager to explore more of her oeuvre or a newcomer to her work, the charming stories collected in A Garland of Girls offer a pleasing introduction to the imaginative world of the author best known for writing the beloved novel Little Women. Originally intended for girls and young adults, this collection will bring a smile to the faces of readers of all ages.
In this charming collection of stories, the author of beloved novels such as Little Women re-imagines several classic fairy tales and fables, setting them among the austere beauty of the nineteenth-century New England countryside. A Modern Cinderella a satisfying treat for readers of all age.
This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features old-fashioned works from classic authors who invite you to a feast of holiday nostalgia.
Filled with stories that have been part of the Christmas season for generations, A Vintage Christmas is a unique collection of lesser-known Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and warm family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.
Discover a charming story from L. M. Montgomery about love and sacrifice in a little log house. See Christmas through the eyes of a child in a New England colonial village with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Remember the reason Christ came to earth in the poetry of Anne Brontë. Share with your family the delightful letter Mark Twain wrote as Santa Claus to his three-year-old daughter.
A Vintage Christmas includes stories from Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Ralph Henry Barbour, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, L. M. Montgomery, and William Dean Howells, as well as poems from Eliza Cook, Christina Rossetti, William Makepeace Thackeray, Joyce Kilmer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
A Vintage Christmas is a timeless reminder that the heart of the holiday never changes.
Hardcover, giftable size
Perfect as a stocking stuffer and host or hostess gift
Filled with hopeful and encouraging Christmas stories
Makes a lovely keepsake companion to A Classic Christmas and A Timeless Christmas
First serialized in a magazine, this classic tale of a country-raised girl whose whole world is turned upside down when she is sent to live with her sophisticated, wealthy relatives is brimming with the charms that have made Alcott's work, including the novel Little Women, so abidingly popular. A must-read for fans of classic children's literature, young and old alike.
Han pasado tres años desde el final de la guerra y la familia March se prepara para la boda de Meg con John. La mayor de las cuatro hermanas está a punto de alcanzar así su sueño de amor, mientras que Jo, dedicada en cuerpo y alma a la literatura, menosprecia los asuntos del corazón. La tímida Beth, por su parte, no se atreve a hablar con ningún chico y la pequeña Amy se ha convertido en una joven testaruda y encantadora. Pero el amor es solo una de las muchas sorpresas que el futuro reserva a las cuatro jóvenes: viajes, éxitos, nuevos proyectos, pero también dolores, pérdidas y fracasos.
Though best known for the lighthearted look at family life and sisterly relationships in Little Women, some of Louisa May Alcott's work touched on more socially significant themes. Behind a Mask, Or a Woman's Power is one of several works that Alcott penned under a pseudonym. Perhaps freed by the anonymity this guise granted, she delves deeply into issues of gender, family, and social class in this story that focuses on the relationship between a governess and the family she works for.
Fans of Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women will delight in the companion volume Comic Tragedies. Following up on Jo and Meg's love of drama and melodrama, this book presents a series of short plays that the girls are said to have written and staged themselves. It's an exhilarating peek into the vivid imaginations of the March family.
If you loved Little Women, Louisa May Alcott's moving account of the upbringing of four sisters in nineteenth-century Massachusetts, don't miss Eight Cousins, a similarly stirring novel that follows the childhood and young adulthood of plucky protagonist Rose Campbell, the sole female child born to her extended family. Rose struggles to fit in with her seven male cousins, and learns a thing or two about genteel Boston Brahmin society along the way.
Though she is now best remembered as the author of the classic novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott was a prolific writer whose talents led her to explore many different genres. Flower Fables is a collection of fairy tales and poetry that Alcott first put together for Ellen, the daughter of American essayist and Transcendentalist thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Although best known as a writer of fiction who produced such classics as Little Women, Louisa May Alcott lived a fascinating life that included a stint as a Civil War nurse. This collection includes several essays, letters, and other pieces that outline Alcott's experiences serving to the needs of the war wounded. It's a fascinating account that will enthrall Civil War buffs or those with an interest in the history of medical practice.
A delightful read for Alcott fans young and old, Jack and Jill: A Village Story was one of the many books that the famed author of Little Women wrote for juvenile readers. The story follows the travails of Jack and Jill, two children who are the best of friends and who together are tragically injured in a sledding accident. With the help of their mothers and a group of neighborhood pals, the two eventually recover from their injuries—and learn a thing or two about life along the way.
Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men" is commonly considered to be the last novel in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women series. It takes place ten years after Little Men and follows the children from that book into adulthood. Out in the world they deal with love, ambition, and the snobbery of society.
Although it is Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel Little Women that is the source of most of her continued literary acclaim, Alcott was a prolific and versatile writer who produced works in virtually every genre over the course of her long career. This collection of short stories will delight confirmed fans and those just beginning to dip into Alcott's body of work.
Little Men is the sequel to Louisa May Alcott's classic, Little Women. It tells the story of the children at Jo's school, the Plumfield Estate School. It is followed by the novel Jo's Boys, the third and final novel in the unofficial Little Women trilogy, in which the children introduced in this novel reach adulthood.
Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women in two parts, each resoundingly popular and receiving critical acclaim. The novel follows the lives of the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, from childhood into maturity. The journey is not an easy one, and each is humbled and ultimately uplifted by her encounters with love, society and death. The work is based loosely on Alcott's experiences growing up with three sisters.
Can't get enough of Little Women? Try Marjorie's Three Gifts, a similarly engaging and heartwarming tale from Louisa May Alcott, the author who brought to life Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, some of the most beloved characters in American literature. This short story incorporates enchanted fairy-tale elements that will please fans of classic fables such as Cinderella.
This story from Little Women author Louisa May Alcott follows a group of young girls who, seeking to expand their horizons, begin to learn more about the world around them and the plight of the downtrodden. Soon, the experiment takes on a life of its own—with consequences no one could have predicted.
Though best known as the creator of beloved tales for young adults such as Little Women, Louisa May Alcott's choice of subjects ranged widely over the course of her creative career. The stories collected in On Picket Duty, and Other Tales focus on a range of social issues that were at the fore in nineteenth-century America.
Fans of Alcott's work, such as the beloved classic Little Women, will be pleasantly surprised by this fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge. Although the thriller Pauline's Passion and Punishment has a somewhat darker tone than most of Alcott's other works, it's a satisfying read in which the writer's powers of characterization and plot development are on full display.
Inhalt: Un anno, tanto dura la storia racchiusa tra la prima e l'ultima pagina di Piccole Donne. È Natale quando ci si immerge nel mondo dai confini fisici minimi, eppure sconfinato, delle sorelle March. Ed è sempre Natale, quello successivo, quando lo si lascia. In mezzo, la vita di quattro adolescenti decise a tirare fuori il meglio da quei difetti che le rendono umanissime: c'è Meg, che non può fare a meno di sognarsi circondata dai lussi di cui la povertà la priva; c'è Josephine, detta Jo, una passione smisurata per le storie e un'insofferenza soffocante per i limiti che le impone l'esser nata donna; Beth, quieta e silenziosa, più appagata dal fare da spettatrice alla vita delle sorelle che dall'essere protagonista della propria; e infine Amy, vanitosa ed egoista, troppo concentrata a rimirarsi in ogni superficie riflettente per curarsi di ciò che accade a chi le sta intorno. Meg, Jo, Beth ed Amy sono quattro "piccole donne" dai caratteri diversi eppure complementari, unite da quel legame unico e speciale che si alimenta di risate sotto le coperte e risvegli condivisi, di litigi furiosi e scuse accigliate, di abiti prestati e prime volte vissute nei racconti l'una dell'altra: la sorellanza. Ed è proprio la potenza di questo legame che rende grande una storia piccola come le sue protagoniste, una storia in cui il percorso di una diventa quello di tutte. E, come accade solo con i classici, anche il percorso di chi legge. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-88-305-3073-7
Today's readers may instantly associate the name Louisa May Alcott with Little Women, but the Massachusetts-born writer composed a vast number of novels over the course of her career, many of which are just as engaging as the beloved story of the four March sisters. Rose in Bloom is a sequel to an earlier Alcott novel, Eight Cousins; it follows the protagonist Rose as she makes the transition to adulthood and broaches the turbulent waters of courtship and marriage.
Settle in for a cozy holiday-themed read from the author of beloved classics like Little Women. In The Abbot's Ghost, Louisa May Alcott builds on the traditional elements of a Victorian ghost story, pitting a group of well-drawn characters against one another in a thrilling mystery plot. A perfect diversion at Christmas or any time of the year.
If you think Louisa May Alcott's oeuvre is limited to feel-good juvenile fiction like Little Women, think again. This accomplished tale of mystery and suspense will leave even the most attentive readers guessing until the last page. It's a must-read for fans of classic mysteries.
Inhalt: If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, O. Henry, Lucy Maud Montgomery, E. T. A. Hoffmann, L. Frank Baum, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Henry Van Dyke, Oscar Wilde, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Anton Chekhov and many more! · Poems, carols and songs from John Milton, Clement Clarke Moore, William Blake, W. B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, H. P. Lovecraft, George MacDonald, Emily Dickinson and many more! Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-989-778-728-7
Readers who can't get enough of the quaint and quirky sisters in Alcott's Little Women will love Under the Lilacs, too. In it, two young girls set out to have a pretend tea party, but wind up finding a runaway circus performer, whose discovery sets off a chain of mysterious events. A whimsical read for fans that will delight young and old alike.
Before she went on to attain literary acclaim with beloved novels like Little Women, author Louisa May Alcott grew up in an environment of abject poverty, from which she had to fight to extract herself through years of back-breaking labor. This semi-autobiographical tale recounts Alcott's initiation into the world of work and what that meant as a woman in nineteenth-century America.
Inhalt: Jo ist die wildeste von vier Schwestern, die um 1900 mit ihrer Mutter in bescheidenen Verhältnissen im ländlichen Amerika aufwachsen. Sie schreibt schon als Jugendliche Theaterstücke und später Geschichten, die sei an Zeitungen verkauft. Heiraten will sie nicht, lehnt auch das Angebot ihres Freundes und Nachbarn Laurie ab. Ihre ältere Schwester Meg ehelicht einen Lehrer, die jüngere Amy will Malerin werden und darf mit der reichen Tante nach Paris. Als die jüngste Beth zu sterben droht, kehrt Jo nach Concord zurück. Systematik: Spielfilm Umfang: 1 DVD : ca. 129 Minuten Standort: DVD [L] EAN: 4030521756144
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