Une année, avec ses joies et ses peines, de la vie de Meg, Jo, Beth et Amy March, quatre sours âgées de onze à seize ans. Leur père absent - la guerre de Sécession fait rage et il est aumônier dans l'armée nordiste -, elles aident leur mère à assumer les tâches quotidiennes. Ce qu'elles font avec leur caractère bien différent : Meg, la romantique, qui va éprouver les émois d'un premier amour ; Jo, qui ne se départit jamais d'un humour à toute épreuve ; la généreuse Beth ; la blonde Amy, enfin, qui se laisse aller parfois à une certaine vanité...

Les Quatre Filles du docteur March Tome 1

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Good Wives

Dix ans se sont écoulés depuis Le rêve de Jo March. À côté de Plumfield se dresse désormais une véritable petite université dans laquelle on vient de loin pour étudier. Si les garçons de Jo sont de solides gaillards égaillés de par le monde, ils n'oublient pas pour autant Plumfield ni bien sûr Mme Jo, plus que jamais de bon conseil dans les moments délicats : ceux où les coeurs encore tendres connaissent leurs premières épreuves !

La grande famille de Jo March

Un ultimo, preziosissimo regalo dell'autrice di Piccole donne a lettrici e lettori di ogni etàIn questo terzo volume di racconti, uscito a Boston nel 1889, pochi mesi dopo la morte dell'autrice, Alcott accantona l'aspetto fantastico che aveva in parte caratterizzato le storie precedenti, e si concentra con sguardo attento e penetrante sulle piccole gioie, i dolori, le speranze e le delusioni di bambine e bambini delle classi più disagiate, in un'America fortemente industrializzata e disuguale, dove le sacche del disagio e dell'ignoranza sembrano espandersi, nelle città come nelle campagne. Con la sua sensibilità etica e sociale, l'autrice compone in questo volume degli « schizzi » di vita, liberandosi dal retaggio del buon vecchio Dickens per entrare nel cuore e nella mente dei suoi piccoli protagonisti. Ecco allora il peso della miseria e del lavoro minorile che logora anche l'attesa dei giorni di festa, ma al tempo stesso rilancia la generosa inventiva dei ragazzini poveri (Un tacchino di Natale); il miracolo terreno di un'assistenza mirata e caritatevole che ridona la luce e la gioia di vivere a una bambina colpita dalla cecità (L'allodola cieca); il romanzo di un giovane povero che sogna un futuro migliore e il cui talento viene sfruttato sordidamente da benefattori imbroglioni (Musica e maccheroni); i capricci dei bambini ricchi, deviati a fin di bene dalla lezione della realtà o dalle sagge memorie dei nonni (Il borsellino rosso, Lettino di bambola); ma anche il modernissimo ritratto di piccole donne in fiore, di varia estrazione sociale e culturale, che si confrontano, si scontrano, solidarizzano, con la voglia crescente di un'educazione e un'indipendenza tutta al femminile (Il segreto di Sophie).

Storie di Natale. Terzo volume

"I want something to do."

This remark being addressed to the world in general, no one in particular felt it their duty to reply; so I repeated it to the smaller world about me, received the following suggestions, and settled the matter by answering my own inquiry, as people are apt to do when very much in earnest.

"Write a book, " quoth the author of my being.

"Don't know enough, sir. First live, then write."

"Try teaching again, " suggested my mother.

"No thank you, ma'am, ten years of that is enough."

"Take a husband like my Darby, and fulfill your mission, " said sister Joan, home on a visit.

"Can't afford expensive luxuries, Mrs. Coobiddy."

"Turn actress, and immortalize your name, " said sister Vashti, striking an attitude.

"I won't."

"Go nurse the soldiers, " said my young brother, Tom, panting for "the tented field."

"I will!"

Hospital Sketches

"Has she come?"

"No, Mamma, not yet."

"I wish it were well over. The thought of it worries and excites me. A cushion for my back, Bella."

And poor, peevish Mrs. Coventry sank into an easy chair with a nervous sigh and the air of a martyr, while her pretty daughter hovered about her with affectionate solicitude.

"Who are they talking of, Lucia?" asked the languid young man lounging on a couch near his cousin, who bent over her tapestry work with a happy smile on her usually haughty face.

"The new governess, Miss Muir. Shall I tell you about her?"

"No, thank you. I have an inveterate aversion to the whole tribe. I've often thanked heaven that I had but one sister, and she a spoiled child, so that I have escaped the infliction of a governess so long."

"How will you bear it now?" asked Lucia.

"Leave the house while she is in it."

"No, you won't. You're too lazy, Gerald, " called out a younger and more energetic man, from the recess where he stood teasing his dogs.

"I'll give her a three days' trial; if she proves endurable I shall not disturb myself; if, as I am sure, she is a bore, I'm off anywhere, anywhere out of her way."

Behind a Mask

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

Published to coincide with the release of Louisa May Alcott's long-lost novel, A Long Fatal Love Chase, Modern Magic will take a significant part in the surge of interest in Alcott's neglected works. The selections include "A Pair of Eyes, or Modern Magic, " The Fate of the Forrests, " "Behind a Mask or, A Woman's Power, " and "My Mysterious Mademoiselle."

Les Yeux De Lady Macbeth

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.

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