On est en Amérique, en pleine guerre de Sécession. Le docteur March est au front et sa petite famille doit survivre. Heureusement, les quatre sœurs March et leur mère forment un clan très uni qui affronte l'adversité avec courage et bonne humeur malgré tout.

Les Quatre Filles du docteur March

With two young sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the unusual school at Plumfield, Jo March - now Mrs Jo Bhaer - couldn't be happier. But the boys have a habit of getting into scrapes, and their mischievous antics call for the warm and affectionate support of the whole March family to help avoid disaster...

Little men

It was first serialised in the Merry's Museum magazine between July and August in 1869 and consisted of only six chapters. For the finished product, however, Alcott continued the story from the chapter "Six Years Afterwards" and so it ended up with nineteen chapters in all. The book revolves around Polly Milton, the old-fashioned girl who titles the story. Polly visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw in the city and is overwhelmed by the fashionable and urban life they live--but also left out because of her "countrified" manners and outdated clothes.

An Old-Fashioned Girl

Nel mese di novembre, fra le colline del New Hampshire, fiocchi di neve e folate di vento preannunciano un freddo e lungo inverno. In un turbinio di pentole fumanti e pane da impastare, di mele da affettare e preziose spezie, la cucina della famiglia Bassett è in pieno fermento: al fuoco scoppiettante del camino, nell'aria carica di fragranti aromi, sono tutti indaffarati nei preparativi per il Giorno del Ringraziamento. Ma una notizia inaspettata porta la mamma e il papà lontano da casa, lasciando una squadra di ragazzini a occuparsi delle faccende domestiche. Tilly e Prue, le sorelle più grandi, prendono in mano la situazione: senza esperienza in cucina e con qualche imprevisto, riusciranno comunque a preparare una cena indimenticabile? "Un Ringraziamento vecchio stile" è una deliziosa storia d'altri tempi, che intenerisce, rallegra e tocca le corde dolci della nostalgia.

Un Ringraziamento vecchio stile

Bazil Yorke, un sculpteur misanthrope, se voit imposer la tutelle de Cecil, la fille d’une lointaine amie. Tout dévolu à son art, il se donne alors pour objectif de modeler la fillette à l’image de ses statues. Cecil, être de chair et de sang, doit devenir une déesse de marbre, belle, froide et insensible. Pour lui plaire, la jeune fille apprend à cacher ses sentiments et sa nature passionnée, allant jusqu’à rechercher l’impassibilité dans le Laudanum. Au fil des années, l’étau se resserre sur Cecil, en proie à la volonté de toute puissance de cet artiste manipulateur qui lui cache le secret de sa naissance. Mais Yorke lui-même résistera-t-il à la déesse qu’il a créée ?This is a collection of a serialisation published in 1865 in a Boston daily paper.

La Femme de Marbre

"Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.

"Yes. Who sent you?"

"Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the lady."

"All right; go up to the house, and give it to her; she'll see to you, little chap."

The man spoke pleasantly, and the boy went on, feeling much cheered by the words. Through the soft spring rain that fell on sprouting grass and budding trees, Nat saw a large square house before him, a hospitable-looking house, with an old-fashioned porch, wide steps, and lights shining in many windows. Neither curtains nor shutters hid the cheerful glimmer; and, pausing a moment before he rang, Nat saw many little shadows dancing on the walls, heard the pleasant hum of young voices, and felt that it was hardly possible that the light and warmth and comfort within could be for a homeless "little chap" like him.

Little Men

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

"Clear the lulla!" was the general cry on a bright December afternoon, when all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the first good snow of the season. Up and down three long coasts they went as fast as legs and sleds could carry them. One smooth path led into the meadow, and here the little folk congregated; one swept across the pond, where skaters were darting about like water-bugs; and the third, from the very top of the steep hill, ended abruptly at a rail fence on the high bank above the road. There was a group of lads and lasses sitting or leaning on this fence to rest after an exciting race, and, as they reposed, they amused themselves with criticising their mates, still absorbed in this most delightful of out-door sports.

"Here comes Frank Minot, looking as solemn as a judge, " cried one, as a tall fellow of sixteen spun by, with a set look about the mouth and a keen sparkle of the eyes, fixed on the distant goal with a do-or-die expression.

"Here's Molly Loo

And little Boo!"

sang out another; and down came a girl with flying hair, carrying a small boy behind her, so fat that his short legs stuck out from the sides, and his round face looked over her shoulder like a full moon.

"There's Gus Burton; doesn't he go it?" and such a very long boy whizzed by, that it looked almost as if his heels were at the top of the hill when his head was at the bottom!

"Hurrah for Ed Devlin!" and a general shout greeted a sweet-faced lad, with a laugh on his lips, a fine color on his brown cheek, and a gay word for every girl he passed.

Jack and Jill

Flower fables was the first work published by Louisa May Alcott and appeared on December 9, 1854. The book was a compilation of fanciful stories first written six years earlier for Ellen Emerson (daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson).

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