Three young men stood together on a wharf one bright October day awaiting the arrival of an ocean steamer with an impatience which found a vent in lively skirmishes with a small lad, who pervaded the premises like a will-o'-the-wisp and afforded much amusement to the other groups assembled there.

"They are the Campbells, waiting for their cousin, who has been abroad several years with her uncle, the doctor, " whispered one lady to another as the handsomest of the young men touched his hat to her as he passed, lugging the boy, whom he had just rescued from a little expedition down among the piles.

"Which is that?" asked the stranger.

"Prince Charlie, as he's called a fine fellow, the most promising of the seven, but a little fast, people say, " answered the first speaker with a shake of the head.

"Are the others his brothers?"

"No, cousins. The elder is Archie, a most exemplary young man. He has just gone into business with the merchant uncle and bids fair to be an honor to his family. The other, with the eyeglasses and no gloves, is Mac, the odd one, just out of college."

"And the boy?"

"Oh, he is Jamie, the youngest brother of Archibald, and the pet of the whole family. Mercy on us he'll be in if they don't hold on to him!"

Rose in Bloom

Meg, Jo, Beth et Amy sont quatre soeurs qui s'entendent bien. En pleine guerre de Sécession, leur père part sur le front. Alors, tout le monde doit se mettre au travail. Entre Meg la raisonnable, Jo l'impétueuse, Amy la raffinée et Beth la délicate, les discussions sont passionnées et la maison rarement silencieuse.

Les filles du docteur March

Un ultimo, preziosissimo regalo dell'autrice di Piccole donne a lettrici e lettori di ogni etàIn questo terzo volume di racconti, uscito a Boston nel 1889, pochi mesi dopo la morte dell'autrice, Alcott accantona l'aspetto fantastico che aveva in parte caratterizzato le storie precedenti, e si concentra con sguardo attento e penetrante sulle piccole gioie, i dolori, le speranze e le delusioni di bambine e bambini delle classi più disagiate, in un'America fortemente industrializzata e disuguale, dove le sacche del disagio e dell'ignoranza sembrano espandersi, nelle città come nelle campagne. Con la sua sensibilità etica e sociale, l'autrice compone in questo volume degli « schizzi » di vita, liberandosi dal retaggio del buon vecchio Dickens per entrare nel cuore e nella mente dei suoi piccoli protagonisti. Ecco allora il peso della miseria e del lavoro minorile che logora anche l'attesa dei giorni di festa, ma al tempo stesso rilancia la generosa inventiva dei ragazzini poveri (Un tacchino di Natale); il miracolo terreno di un'assistenza mirata e caritatevole che ridona la luce e la gioia di vivere a una bambina colpita dalla cecità (L'allodola cieca); il romanzo di un giovane povero che sogna un futuro migliore e il cui talento viene sfruttato sordidamente da benefattori imbroglioni (Musica e maccheroni); i capricci dei bambini ricchi, deviati a fin di bene dalla lezione della realtà o dalle sagge memorie dei nonni (Il borsellino rosso, Lettino di bambola); ma anche il modernissimo ritratto di piccole donne in fiore, di varia estrazione sociale e culturale, che si confrontano, si scontrano, solidarizzano, con la voglia crescente di un'educazione e un'indipendenza tutta al femminile (Il segreto di Sophie).

Storie di Natale. Terzo volume

POLLY wrote enthusiastically, Ned answered satisfactorily, and after much corresponding, talking, and planning, it was decided that Tom should go West. Never mind what the business was; it suffices to say that it was a good beginning for a young man like Tom, who, having been born and bred in the most conservative class of the most conceited city in New England, needed just the healthy, hearty, social influences of the West to widen his views and make a man of him.

Of course there was much lamentation among the women, but every one felt it was the best thing for him; so while they sighed they sewed, packed visions of a brilliant future away with his new pocket handkerchiefs, and rejoiced that the way was open before him even in the act of bedewing his boots with tears. Sydney stood by him to the last, "like a man and a brother" (which expression of Tom's gave Fanny infinite satisfaction), and Will felt entirely consoled for Ned's disappointment at his refusal to go and join him, since Tom was to take the place Ned had kept for him.

An Old Fashioned Girl

Les quatre filles du docteur March

"I want something to do."

This remark being addressed to the world in general, no one in particular felt it their duty to reply; so I repeated it to the smaller world about me, received the following suggestions, and settled the matter by answering my own inquiry, as people are apt to do when very much in earnest.

"Write a book, " quoth the author of my being.

"Don't know enough, sir. First live, then write."

"Try teaching again, " suggested my mother.

"No thank you, ma'am, ten years of that is enough."

"Take a husband like my Darby, and fulfill your mission, " said sister Joan, home on a visit.

"Can't afford expensive luxuries, Mrs. Coobiddy."

"Turn actress, and immortalize your name, " said sister Vashti, striking an attitude.

"I won't."

"Go nurse the soldiers, " said my young brother, Tom, panting for "the tented field."

"I will!"

Hospital Sketches

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A Modern Cinderella

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L'Amérique de la guerre de Sécession. Le docteur March rejoint l'armée nordiste, laissant seules sa femme et ses quatre filles, quatre soeurs aux tempéraments et aux passions opposés. Meg est sentimentale, Beth adore la musique, Jo est à la fois garçon manqué et romancière en herbe, quant à la blonde Amy, c'est une vraie coquette. Les querelles ne vont pas manquer...Un univers féminin et le récit de la vie avec ses imprévus tantôt drôles, tantôt tragiques. Un roman certifié classique !Ce grand classique de la littérature est livré ici sous sa forme originale, fidèle à la toute première traduction française. L’ouvrage n’a pas vieilli, il aborde même des thématiques tout à fait actuelles… car s’il est connu comme un roman pour la jeunesse, c’est aussi et surtout une œuvre magistrale sur les difficultés d’élever des enfants dans un monde infiniment violent et incertain.

Les quatre filles du Docteur March

Qui se cache sous le masque de Louisa May Alcott, l'auteur des Quatre filles du Dr March ? Mondialement connue pour ses romans destinés à la jeunesse, Louisa May Alcott écrivait aussi sous des pseudonymes de troublantes histoires de secrets de famille, de vengeance et de pouvoir, dans lesquelles des femmes indépendantes se libèrent des préjugés pour prendre leur revanche sur un monde masculin qui cherche à les enfermer dans un carcan de conventions.
Doubles vies, doubles visages, faux-semblants et illusions : ici, personne n'est ce qu'il paraît être. De même que l'auteur pénètre par un subterfuge dans l'Amérique littéraire du XIXe siècle, l'héroïne de Derrière le magique s'introduit dans l'aristocratie anglaise grâce à une mystification. Si l'énigme à la fois littéraire et psychologique que représente cet écrivain est déjà connue du public anglo-saxon depuis une trentaine d'années, c'est seulement aujourd'hui que le lecteur français va pouvoir enfin découvrir l'envers ténébreux de son oeuvre.
Ce roman ambigu contient sans doute l'une des clés du mystère Louisa May Alcott.

Derrière le masque

Les Quatre Filles du docteur March

Resumé : 

Aux Etats-Unis, en pleine guerre de Sécession, les quatre jeunes soeurs March, Margaret (surnommée Meg), Joséphine (Jo), Elisabeth (Beth) et Amy vivent avec leur mère et leur fidèle domestique, Hannah.

En ces temps de guerre, elle doivent faire face aux difficultés de la vie quotidienne, difficultés d'autant plus grandes qu'elles ont autrefois mené une existence plutôt aisée, avant que leur père, qui est parti sur le front comme aumônier militaire, ne soit ruiné. Un chef d'oeuvre de Louisa May Alcott pour les jeunes filles traduit dans le monde entier.

Contexte : 

Les Quatre Filles du docteur March (titre original : Little Women) est un roman de l'américaine Louisa May Alcott, publié dans un premier temps en deux volumes. Le premier parut en 1868 et le second en 1869. À sa sortie, le premier volume connut un franc succès, autant dans la presse qu'auprès du public, tant et si bien que l'auteur compléta son oeuvre par un second volume, sorti en 1869. L'histoire de ces quatre soeurs a connu d'autant plus de succès qu'elle a fait écho au quotidien de nombreuses familles américaines ayant vécu la guerre de Sécession.

Ce roman est tiré de l'expérience personnelle de Louisa May Alcott qui avait trois soeurs. Par ailleurs, le personnage de Jo semble inspiré de l'auteur elle-même. On peut ainsi considérer qu'il s'agit d'une autobiographie romancée.

En France, le roman a paru pour la première fois en 1880 aux éditions J. Hetzel, traduit et adapté au goût de l'époque par Pierre-Jules Hetzel sous son nom de plume de P.-J. Stahl, dans la collection « Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation »

Simone de Beauvoir dira : « Il y eut un livre où je crus reconnaître mon visage et mon destin : Les quatre filles du Docteur March, de Louisa May Alcott ».

Ce livre pour la jeunesse est aujourd'hui une référence des fictions chrétiennes pour enfants et de la spiritualité pour adolescentes.

Les Quatre Filles du docteur March Tome 1

This carefully crafted ebook: "All the 4 Little Women Books: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women, Good Wives and the sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. The first part of Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868), is a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Part two, or Part Second, also known as Good Wives (1869), followed the March sisters into adulthood and their respective marriages. Little Men (1871) detailed Jo's life at the Plumfield School that she founded with her husband Professor Bhaer at the conclusion of Part Two of Little Women. And Jo's Boys (1886) completed the "March Family Saga". Alcott made women's rights integral to her stories, and her fiction became her "most important feminist contribution" - even considering all the efforts Alcott made to help facilitate women's rights during her lifetime.

All the 4 Little Women Books: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys

Une infirmière, chargée de s'occuper d'une jeune fille considérée comme folle, découvre que l'état de sa malade est dû à de sombres secrets de famille.

Secrets De Famille

Secrets de famille

Louisa May Alcott, née le 29 novembre 1832 à Germantown dans l'État de la Pennsylvanie et morte le 6 mars 1888 à Boston dans l'État du Massachusetts, est une romancière, nouvelliste, poète, diariste et épistolière américaine.
Louisa May Alcott est connue internationalement pour sa série de romans Little Women traduits en français sous le titre de Les Quatre Filles du docteur March.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott

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