Resume: Aux Etats-Unis, pendant la Guerre de Secession. En l'absence de leur pere, pasteur nordiste (donc anti-esclavagiste) engage comme aumonier dans le conflit, quatre jeunes s urs issues de la classe moyenne de la societe font face aux difficultes de la vie quotidienne en ce temps de guerre: la raisonnable Margaret (surnommee Meg), l'intrepide Josephine (surnommee Jo), la charitable Elisabeth (surnommee Beth) et l'orgueilleuse Amy. Elles vivent a Concord dans l'Etat du Massachusetts avec leur mere et leur fidele domestique, Hannah. Autrefois riche, la famille March a ete ruinee lorsque Mr. March avait aide un ami dans ses affaires, ce qui avait entraine la faillite. Malgre cela, la famille est heureuse et n'oublie pas d'aider plus pauvre qu'elle."

Les Quatre Filles Du Docteur Marsch

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.

Little Women

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

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

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

The beloved characters of Louisa May Alcott's classic tale, Little Women, return in Little Men, where we find Jo and her husband Professor Bhaer running a boys' school. Plumfield, a place of learning, friendship and camaraderie, and also good-hearted mischief, is home to a bevy of rambunctious boys. Through scrapes and bruises, temporary expulsions and the challenges of young love, Jo's students manage what they never thought possible: growing up to be real little men. Little Men is considered the unofficial sequel to Louisa May Alcott's beloved work, Little Women. It has been adapted twice for film and once for television. HarperPerennialClassics 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.

Little Men

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents, " grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. So begins one of the best-loved children's classics, Little Women. Coming of age in the North during the Civil War, the March sisters-Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy-experience great joy and tragic loss while becoming the true little women of the title. The novel is resonant with themes of friendship, feminism, and building strong character, which are explored through the sisters' relationships with their family, in particular their beloved Marmee, their friends, and their neighbours. A commercial success upon publication in 1868, Little Women was based loosely on Alcott's experience growing up with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. It was originally published in two volumes and was followed by two sequels, Little Men, published in 1871, and Jo's Boys, published in 1886, and has been adapted for the stage, film, and animation. 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.

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.

L’histoire de Meg, Jo, Beth et Amy a traversé le siècle sous des titres divers, Les Quatre Filles du docteur March étant le plus célèbre et sans doute le moins exact, puisque leur père n’est pas médecin, mais bien pasteur. Cette chronique d’une année dans la vie d’une famille américaine pendant la guerre de Sécession est bien autobiographique, mais, à l’image de la famille de l’auteur, celle des March n’est ni aussi conventionnelle ni aussi ordinaire qu’on a bien voulu le faire croire au lecteur. Car, de ce livre, ressort la figure forte de Josephine, dite Jo : alter ego affiché de Louisa May Alcott, elle est la rebelle en conflit avec le modèle féminin en vigueur dans la société puritaine de l’Amérique du XIXe siècle. Elle dit qu’on peut être mal dans la peau d’une fille dans le Boston des années 1860, avoir envie de prendre des airs de garçon et nourrir de farouches ambitions littéraires, être pieuse sans être soumise – bref, qu’on peut vivre en 1868 et être progressiste. Alors, ces Quatre Filles, roman mièvre, féminin et bien pensant ? Rien n’est moins sûr. C’est ce que cette nouvelle traduction, abrégée par l’auteur d’autres soeurs inoubliables, s’efforce de montrer.

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