A Modern Cinderella is a collection of four short stories by Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women. Like her more famous novels, Alcott tells stories of young women interacting with people and events from the late 1800s. A great addition to the Alcott library of stories.

A Modern Cinderella

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.

The Complete Little Women Series (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys)

Now a major motion picture starring Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson and Meryl Streep. Recognized as one of the best-loved classic children's stories of all time, Little Women is an utterly beguiling novel. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition includes the sequel, Good Wives, which picks up the girls' stories three years on, and features an afterword by publisher Anna South. Louisa May Alcott tells the story of the courageous and ingenious March sisters; Jo, the independent tomboy; Beth, who is delicate and loving; pretty and kind Meg; and beautiful, precocious Amy, the baby of the family. Their devoted mother Marmee, recently impoverished, must care for them alone whilst their father is away serving as a chaplain in the Civil War.

Little Women

Après avoir mis en scène, dans Derrière le masque, une femme avide de pouvoir et sans scrupules qui parvient à ses fins grâce à un stratagème, Louisa May Alcott nous introduit ici dans une famille déchirée par des secrets inavouables. Pris dans un imbroglio de tromperies en cascade dont ils sont à la fois les instigateurs et les victimes, la narratrice et le héros louvoient entre haine, désir de vengeance, folie et suicide. Mais jouer avec la confiance d'autrui mène plus loin qu'on ne le croit. Et, contrairement aux idées reçues, l'amour n'est pas toujours salvateur : il peut parfois se transformer en piège fatal...

Secrets de famille

Trois années se sont écoulées depuis l'épilogue des "Quatre filles du docteur March" . Meg épouse son John et s'éanouit dans son rôle de mère ; Jo, soucieuse de son indépendance, poursuit son rêve de devenir écrivain et décide de se rendre à New York où elle fera une rencontre décisive ; La fragile Beth puise dans l'affection des siens la force de vivre tandis qu'Amy embarque pour un tour d'Europe avec sa tante et fait battre les coeurs. .

Les Quatre Filles du docteur March Tome 2

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.

Dall'autrice di Piccole donne, amata da generazioni di lettrici e di lettori, considerata come una delle più originali e rivoluzionarie scrittrici di sempre. Una rarissima perla letteraria, una scoperta assolutamente straordinaria. Dodici racconti, quasi tutti finora inediti in Italia, tratti dalla raccolta Lulu's Library, una serie di storie per bambini scritte da Louisa May Alcott, l'autrice di Piccole donne, nel 1885. Nate come favole della buonanotte per la nipotina, queste storie ebbero poi così tanto successo tra la bambina e i suoi amici che l'autrice decise di farne un libro: « Non avendo nient'altro da regalare quest'anno, le ho raccolte in un solo volume come dono di Natale ». Ne emerge, come nella sua saga più celebre, un insieme di semplicità e di ricchezza di temi, un precorrere i tempi, anche politicamente, una capacità straordinaria di narrare e di trasmettere valori che al suo tempo erano assolutamente rivoluzionari. Un libro per bambini ma anche per genitori, e per chiunque voglia esplorare il mondo straordinario di una scrittrice che ancora oggi, dopo quasi due secoli, non cessa di stupirci e affascinarci.

A Modern Cinderella

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