{"product_id":"little-women-paperback-11","title":"Little Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouisa May Alcott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRegina Barreca\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eSusan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisa May Alcott shares the innocence of girlhood in this classic coming of age story about four sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy are responsible for keeping a home while their father is off to war. At the same time, they must come to terms with their individual personalities--and make the transition from girlhood to womanhood. It can all be quite a challenge. But the March sisters, however different, are nurtured by their wise and beloved Marmee, bound by their love for each other and the feminine strength they share. Readers of all ages have fallen instantly in love with these \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e. Their story transcends time--making this novel endure as a classic piece of American literature that has captivated generations of readers with their charm, innocence, and wistful insights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Signet Classics edition contains \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e in its entirety, including Parts I and II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Regina Barecca\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Susan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisa May Alcott \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832, the second of four daughters of Abigail May Alcott and Bronson Alcott, the prominent Transcendentalist thinker and social reformer. Raised in Concord, Massachusetts, and educated by her father, Alcott early on came under the influence of the great men of his circle: Emerson, Hawthorne, the preacher Theodore Parker, and Thoreau. From her youth, Louisa worked at various tasks to help support her family: sewing, teaching, domestic service, and writing. In 1862, she volunteered to serve as an army nurse in a Union hospital during the Civil War-- an experience that provided her material for her first successful book, \u003ci\u003eHospital Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e (1863). Between 1863 and 1869, she published several anonymous and pseudonymous Gothic romances and lurid thrillers. But fame came with the publication of her \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1868- 69), a novel based on the childhood adventures of the four Alcott sisters, which received immense popular acclaim and brought her financial security as well as the conviction to continue her career as a writer. In the wake of \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e's popularity, she brought out \u003ci\u003eAn Old- Fashioned Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (1870), \u003ci\u003eLittle Men\u003c\/i\u003e(1871), \u003ci\u003eEight Cousins\u003c\/i\u003e (1875), \u003ci\u003eRose in Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e (1876), \u003ci\u003eJo's Boys\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), and other books for children, as well as two adult novels, \u003ci\u003eMoods\u003c\/i\u003e (1864) and \u003ci\u003eWork\u003c\/i\u003e (1873). An active participant in the women's suffrage and temperance movements during the last decade of her life, Alcott died in Boston in 1888, on the day her father was buried. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegina Barreca \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of English and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut. She is the editor of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Women's Humor\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of four others. She writes frequently for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Million Nightingales\u003c\/i\u003e and the National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eHighwire Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times, Harper's Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e and NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short stories have won an Edgar Award and an O. Henry Award. She teaches at the University of California, Riverside.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6.7 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769587204384,"sku":"9780593198025","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b6ba9e14bbef5b892017bfe93d332ead.webp?v=1780351412","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/little-women-paperback-11","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}