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Little Women (Children's Classics Series)
Little Women - Children's Classics Series Author:Louisa May Alcott, Jessie Willcox Smith (Illustrator) Little Women is one of the??best loved books of all time. Lovely Meg, talented??Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons??of poverty and of growing up in New England during??the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays,??pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all??ages have become a part of this remarkable family??and have... more » felt the deep sadness when Meg leaves the??circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part??I. Part II, chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a??young wife and mother, Jo's struggle to become a??writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits??and unexpected romance. Based on Louise May??Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of??nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality??that has endeared it to generations of readers.
The Children's Classics series features accessible and highly readable text paired with the work of talented and brilliant illustrators. This series features genuine bonded-leather spines stamped in gold, full-color illustrations, and high-quality acid-free paper that will enable these books to be passed from one generation to the next.« less