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

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

"The Big Book of Christmas: Classic Stories and Poems - Illustrated" is a grand compilation that assembles a treasure trove of holiday tales and poems from a remarkable array of authors. This extensive collection includes 100 classic works, each thoughtfully illustrated, to immerse readers in the magic and wonder of the Christmas season.

This anthology spans a rich tapestry of Christmas literature, including timeless favorites such as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Red Room," "A Letter from Santa Claus," "The Fir Tree," "Song of the Holly," and many more. These stories and poems capture the spirit of Christmas through diverse voices, styles, and settings, offering readers a diverse and enriching experience.
Contents:
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
The Chimes
G.K. Chesterton
A Christmas Carol
L.M. Montgomery
The Red Room
A Christmas Mistake
A Christmas Inspiration
The Josephs' Christmas
Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket
The Osbornes' Christmas
Bertie's New Year
Ida's New Year Cake
The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road
Clorinda's Gifts
The Falsoms' Christmas Dinner
The Unforgotten One
Christmas at Red Butte
Uncle Richard's New Year's Dinner
L. Frank Baum
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
Little Bun Rabbit
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Mark Twain
A Letter from Santa Claus
Louisa May Alcott
A Country Christmas
Cousin Tribulation's Story
What the Bell Saw and Said
Tilly's Christmas
Tessa's Surprises
Kate's Choice
The Boys' Joke, And Who Got The Best Of It
The Quiet Little Woman
Rosa's Tale
A Christmas Dream and How It Came True
A Christmas Turkey, And How It Came
A Merry Christmas
Leo Tolstoy
A Russian Christmas Party
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Christmas Bells
The Three Kings
Nikolai Gogol
Christmas Eve
William Dean Howells
Christmas Everyday
The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express
Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Christmas in India
Elizabeth Harrison
Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe
John Milton
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
Hans Christian Andersen
The Fir Tree
The Little Match Girl
Selma Lagerlof
A Christmas Guest
The Holy Night
The Legend of the Christmas Rose
Clement Moore
The Night Before Christmas
Henry van Dyke
The Other Wise Man
Beatrix Potter
The Tailor of Gloucester
Anton Chehov
Vanka
O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi
Christmas by Injunction
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking
A Chaparral Christmas Gift
An Unfinished Christmas Story
Hesba Stretton
The Christmas Child
Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows
Robert Louis Stevenson
Christmas at Sea
Markheim
Winter Time
Walter Scott
Christmas In The Olden Time
Alfred Tennyson
Ring out, wild bells
Abbie Farwell Brown
The Christmas Angel
Anthony Trollope
Christmas at Thompson Hall
Thomas Hardy
The Oxen
William Butler Yeats
The Magi
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Mahogany Tree
Charles Kingsley
Christmas Day
Eugene Field
Jest 'Fore Christmas
Emily Dickinson
The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman
Willa Cather
The Burglar's Christmas
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Christmas Tree and a Wedding
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Christmas-Box
Washington Irving
Christmas
The Stage-Coach
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
The Christmas Dinner
George MacDonald
Christmas Day and Everyday
The Christmas Child
Christmas Meditation
A Christmas Prayer
A Christmas Carol
My Uncle Peter
Mary's Lullaby
Christmas-Day
The Gifts of the Child Christ
That Holy Thing
Christmas
Christmas Song of the Old Children
King Cole
A Song for Christmas
James Joyce
The Dead
Saki
Bertie's Christmas Eve
William Shakespeare
Song of the Holly
The Gracious Time
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Christmas; or, The Good Fairy
The First Christmas of New England
Betty's Bright Idea
Christmas in Poganuc
Oscar Wilde
The Selfish Giant

The Big Book of Christmas. Classic Stories and Poems. (100 Books)

L'infatigable Jo March a enfin la vie dont elle rêvait. Sa grande maison - presque aussi grande que son cour - est toujours ouverte aux enfants défavorisés. Que d'aventures, que de petits drames, que de situations drôles et cocasses ! Quand une bonne douzaine de jeunes garçons vivent ensemble sous la houlette d'une femme telle que Jo, on ne risque guère de s'ennuyer !

Les Quatre Filles du docteur March Tome 3

In un'aristocratica famiglia inglese fa il suo ingresso Jean Muir, istitutrice dall'aria ingenua, ma che nasconde un fine malvagio. La ragazza è gentile con tutti, ma talvolta la sua lingua biforcuta scatta incontrollabile, lanciando misteriosi e inquietanti avvertimenti. Poco alla volta, grazie ai suoi modi e alle sue qualità, l'istitutrice si guadagna la fiducia dei vari membri della famiglia. Solo allora ognuno capirà che è ormai troppo tardi per difendersi dalla trama diabolica che Jean andava tessendo alle loro spalle... Dall'acclamata autrice di Piccole donne un ingegnoso romanzo dalle atmosfere gotiche e dagli intrecci cupi. Alcott, celatasi per anni dietro lo pseudonimo A. M. Barnard, ha affidato ai suoi personaggi le rivendicazioni di tante donne in età vittoriana: ed ecco che dietro la maschera dell'arrivista, la protagonista Jean Muir non può che risultare simpatica, metafora di una sfacciata lotta contro il perbenismo e contro una società repressiva. La vendetta si consuma nella pratica dell'umiliazione sottile rivolta alla borghesia del tempo, che lentamente vediamo sgretolarsi e ridicolizzarsi sotto la penna arguta della scrittrice e grazie alla nuova traduzione di Donatella Rizzati.

Dietro la maschera

Lorsque le docteur March doit quitter sa famille pendant la guerre de Sécession, sa femme et ses quatre filles doivent apprendre à vivre seules. Et avec des caractères aussi différents que ceux de Jo, un vrai garçon manqué, Meg, qui rêve de trouver un bon mari, Beth, souvent en retrait, et Amy, une petite peste, la maison promet d’être particulièrement animée…

Les quatre filles du Docteur March

Durante un periodo di forzata immobilità, Louisa May Alcott scrisse sette storie ispirate ai fiori. Intrecciando questa meravigliosa ghirlanda per suo diletto e per le sue ragazze, raccontò dell'amore per i buoni libri e per le altre persone, della ricerca della pace e della crescita personale, di quei valori, insomma, sui quali basò la propria esistenza e che volle condividere con le sue lettrici. Mostrò loro come fosse possibile migliorare la propria personalità, e di conseguenza il mondo, con semplici gesti quotidiani, nella scelta delle proprie letture, nella vita familiare o nell'incontro con le altre persone. Dopo oltre un secolo questa straordinaria scrittrice ha ancora molto da insegnare e le sue storie continuano a essere avvincenti, a commuovere, a far riflettere. La prima edizione del libro risale al 1887 e questa ne rappresenta la prima traduzione italiana.

Una ghirlanda per ragazze

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

Un grand classique indémodable de la littérature américaine. 
Ecrit à la fin du 19eme siècle, ce texte maintes fois traduit et maintes fois repris au cinéma, a été écrit par Louisa May Alcott. C?est l'histoire de quatre jeunes filles, la raisonnable Margaret (Meg), l'intrépide Joséphine (Jo), la charitable Elisabeth (Beth) et la douce Amélie (Amy). Elles vivent dans le Nord des USA avec leur mère et leur fidèle domestique appelée Hannah. Elles appartiennent à la classe moyenne de la société. L'histoire se passe pendant la Guerre de Sécession. Leur père, pasteur et nordiste est à la guerre. Autrefois, la famille March était une famille riche mais aujourd?hui la vie est dure pour les 4 s?urs.
Dans ce roman indémodable Louisa May Alcott s?est probablement peinte sous les trais de Jo, jeune fille non conventionnelle, aspirant à son indépendance et à une autre condition que celle d?une jeune fille résignée.
La traduction-adaptation proposée ici est celle de P.J Stahl, pseudonyme de Pierre-Jules Hetzel le célèbre éditeur de Jules Verne.

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