A sequel to the extremely popular Little Men, Jo's Boys returns to examine the lives of the beloved Plumfield boys, including Tommy, Nat, Dan, Demi, and Emil. Following them through their adult lives, the boys set out upon careers, fall in love, marry, and encounter further trials and difficulties that must be surmounted. Jo's Boys is the last novel by Louisa May Alcott to feature the March sisters and the Plumfield boys, and, along with Little Women and Little Men, makes up the unofficial Little Women series. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Jo's Boys

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

Every day in December, discover with this Advent Calendar Storybook a wonderful Christmas tale!

Written by the greatest storytellers (Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry...), these 24 traditional stories will keep you waiting until D-day. This collection ends with one of Charles Dickens' most beautiful Christmas tales, the story of Scrooge and the three spirits. 

Contents:

1st December The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry 

2nd December A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True by Louisa May Alcott 

3rd December The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen 

4th December Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells 

5th December Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy 

6th December A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum 

7th December Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock 

8th December A Stolen Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 

9th December A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens 

10th December How the Captain Made Christmas by Thomas Nelson Page 

11th December At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov 

12th December A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson 

13th December What Christmas is As We Grow Older by Charles Dickens 

14th December What the Bell Saw and Said by Louisa May Alcott 

15th December How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats by Elia W. Peattie 

16th December Christmas; or, The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe 

17th December Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery 

18th December Christmas by Washington Irving 

19th December The Last Dream of Old Oak by Hans Christian Andersen 

20th December Christmas Jenny by Mary E. Wilkins Free 

21st December The Elves and The Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm 

22nd December The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen 

23rd December The Night Before Christmas: A Morality by William Dean Howells 

24th December A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

24 Christmas Tales - Advent Calendar Storybook

Among green New England hills stood an ancient house, many-gabled, mossy-roofed, and quaintly built, but picturesque and pleasant to the eye; for a brook ran babbling through the orchard that encompassed it about, a garden-plat stretched upward to the whispering birches on the slope, and patriarchal elms stood sentinel upon the lawn, as they had stood almost a century ago, when the Revolution rolled that way and found them young.

One summer morning, when the air was full of country sounds, of mowers in the meadow, black birds by the brook, and the low of kine upon the hill-side, the old house wore its cheeriest aspect, and a certain humble history began.

"Nan!"

"Yes, Di."

And a head, brown-locked, blue-eyed, soft-featured, looked in at the open door in answer to the call.

"Just bring me the third volume of 'Wilhelm Meister, ' there's a dear. It's hardly worth while to rouse such a restless ghost as I, when I'm once fairly laid."

As she spoke, Di Pulled up her black braids, thumped the pillow of the couch where she was lying, and with eager eyes went down the last page of her book.

"Nan!"

"Yes, Laura, " replied the girl, coming back with the third volume for the literary cormorant, who took it with a nod, still too content upon the "Confessions of a Fair Saint" to remember the failings of a certain plain sinner.

"Don't forget the Italian cream for dinner. I depend upon it; for it's the only thing fit for me this hot weather."

A Modern Cinderella

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

Je voudrais faire quelque chose d'extraordinaire... Un acte héroïque ou hors du commun qui ne sera jamais oublié après ma mort. Je ne sais pas quoi, mais je saisirai l'occasion au vol, et je vous étonnerai tous, un de ces quatre. Sinon, il ne me restera plus qu' à écrire pour devenir célèbre. Au fond, c'est cela, mon rêve préféré. Replongez dans l'histoire des quatre soeurs les plus célèbres de la littérature américaine avec cette magnifique édition comportant des illustrations de Frank Thayer Merrill, célèbre pour ses dessins ornant la première édition illustrée des Quatre Filles du docteur March. Un siècle et demi après leur création, éternellement jeunes et attachantes, revoilà Meg, Jo, Beth et Amy avec leurs petites joies, leurs tracas quotidiens... et les drames qui les dépassent parfois. Alors que leur père sert comme aumônier dans l'armée durant la guerre de Sécession, elles tentent de garder un semblant de paix dans leur foyer et, surtout, d'aider leur mère adorée à surmonter la solitude et à lutter contre la ruine de leur famille. Une même conviction anime ces quatre soeurs au caractère bien trempé : ensemble elles sont plus fortes. Jusqu'à ce que la mort ou l'amour les séparent... Redécouvrez Les Quatre Filles du docteur March grâce à cette toute nouvelle traduction. Classique intemporel, ce roman met à l'honneur les relations sororales et l'émancipation féminine. « Il y eut un livre où je crus reconnaître mon visage et mon destin : Les Quatre Filles du docteur March de Louisa May Alcott. » Simone de Beauvoir« Mon héroïne de roman préférée est Jo March. Il n'est pas difficile de comprendre ce qu'elle a pu représenter pour une petite jeune fille colérique également appelée Jo qui rêvait elle aussi d'écrire. » J. K. Rowling

Les Quatre Sœurs March

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,” including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book” her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.

Les quatre filles du docteur March

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 'Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.'

 In mid-nineteenth-century Massachusetts, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March continue to encounter both joys and sorrows along life's path, as they journey into womanhood both close to home and further away. The highs and lows of the four young women's lives are shared with each other, and supported by the bond of their sisterhood.

 This second part of 'Little Women' - sometimes published in a single volume - contains all the warmth and charm for which Louisa May Alcott's writing is universally admired.

Good Wives

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.

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