SOLIDARIETA" DIGITALE : tutto il nostro catalogo in promozione! EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 28/10/2019. Le sorelle March, protagoniste di Piccole donne, il celeberrimo romanzo di Louisa May Alcott, sono cresciute ed è arrivato per loro il momento di lasciare natale e vivere nuove emozioni, tra gioie e dolori. Meg e Amy incontrano l’amore: Meg sposa John Brooke, dal quale avrà due figli gemelli; Amy si reca in Europa con la zia March e nel corso del viaggio incontra l’amico d’infanzia Laurie, partito per dimenticare l’amata Jo, da cui era stato respinto. I due giovani si innamorano e decidono di sposarsi. Jo, rimasta sola dopo la morte della sorella Beth in seguito a complicanze cardiache causate dalla scarlattina, si reca a New York, alla ricerca di nuove esperienze e di nuovi spunti per i suoi romanzi. Anche in questo libro è lei la protagonista: femminista e indipendente, continua a combattere contro i pregiudizi e le regole di una società che relega le donne in un ruolo secondario. Ma il destino riserva a Jo una sorpresa: lavorando come istitutrice presso una famiglia newyorkese, incontra l’uomo della sua vita, un professore tedesco di filosofi a, buono, sensibile e intelligente. Louisa May Alcott ha dipinto con la sua prosa vivace e asciutta un bellissimo affresco del mondo femminile nell’America ottocentesca, regalando a generazioni di lettori un libro indimenticabile, ancora oggi capace di commuovere, appassionare ed emozionare.

"Piccole donne” è un capolavoro della letteratura giovanile scritto nel 1868 da Louisa May Alcott e tradotto in tutto il mondo. Le protagoniste sono le quattro giovani sorelle March, Meg, Jo, Beth ed Amy, la loro famiglia e i Laurence, i vicini di casa.Radicate a saldi principi morali, sostenute da un grande sentimento religioso, da un profondo senso di dignità e dalla fede nel lavoro, le quattro sorelle affrontano le difficoltà e le gioie che la vita mette loro davanti. La Alcott incornicia con grazia ed efficacia la vita delle quattro piccole donne con le loro avventure, le disillusioni, gli amori e, sullo sfondo, la grande guerra di Secessione americana.

Flower Fables was the first work published by Louisa May Alcott and appeared on December 9, 1854. The book was a compilation of fanciful stories first written six years earlier for Ellen Emerson (daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson). The book was published in an edition of 1600 and though Alcott thought it "sold very well," she received only about $35 from the Boston publisher, George Briggs Old-Fashioned Girl is a novel by Louisa May Alcott. It was first serialised in the Merry's Museum magazine between July and August in 1869 and consisted of only six chapters. For the finished product, however, Alcott continued the story from the chapter "Six Years Afterwards" and so it ended up with nineteen chapters in all. The book revolves around Polly Milton, the old-fashioned girl who titles the story.Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she also grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.Alcott's family suffered financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard, under which she wrote novels for young adults.Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Hillside, later called the Wayside, in Concord, Massachusetts and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters.

The story begins when Rose returns home from a long trip to Europe. Everyone has changed. As a joke, Rose lines up her seven cousins to take a long look at them, just as they did with her when they first met. The youngest accidentally mentions that the aunts want Rose to marry one of her cousins to keep her fortune in the family. Rose is very indignant, for she has decided ideas about what her future holds. From the beginning, she declares that she can manage her property well on her own and that she will focus on philanthropic work. Charlie has already decided she is marked out for him, with the approval of his mother.

This novel was written before Little Women, and already tells the story of a girl finding her way in the 19th century society.  Rose In Bloom is a sequel to the novel Eight Cousins. Rose Campbell, who returns to the "Aunt Hill" after travelling around the world. Rose wants to be independent, but is surrounded by pretendants who want to marry her. What are their real intentions ? Love, or something else ? Will Rose manage to find this out, and will she find allies in her quest for the truth ?  This edition will please all lovers of classic literature, and is perfect for Young Adults who want to discover another time period, another writing style, and most of all, one of the first strong female voices of her time.   

A Modern Mephistopheles was written by Louisa May Alcott and published anonymously in 1877, when she was 25 years old, perhaps so she could explore a "darker side" without tainting her reputations. It was published under her name in 1889, along with her similarly dark story, A Whisper in the Dark. Mephistopheles is a demon featured in German folklore. He originally appeared in literature as the demon in the Faust legend, and he has since appeared in other works as a stock character. Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. All her life she was active in such reform movements as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke, two days after her father died, in Boston on March 6, 1888.

Aventures, émotions, amour, amitié et drame sont au rendez-vous de ce grand classique dans une édition entièrement illustrée.

SOLIDARIETA" DIGITALE : tutto il nostro catalogo in promozione! EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 28/10/2019. Durante la guerra di secessione americana il pastore March parte volontario come cappellano lasciando a casa la moglie, che lavora nella Società per l’Assistenza Soldati, e le sue quattro figlie: Meg, Joe, Beth ed Amy. Le sorelle March si trovano ad affrontare le mille difficoltà della vita quotidiana, resa ancor più difficile dalla guerra. Meg e Jo, le più grandi, aiutano la famiglia con il loro lavoro; Meg, la maggiore delle quattro, lavora come istitutrice presso la ricchissima famiglia King, mentre Jo fa la dama di compagnia per l’anziana e insopportabile zia March. Le sorelle minori invece, Beth ed Amy, vanno ancora a scuola. Le quattro sorelle si mostrano sempre molto unite e affiatate nonostante i loro caratteri così diversi. Meg è la più pacata, sogna il matrimonio e dei figli. Jo invece è la più vivace, si comporta come un maschiaccio e sogna di diventare scrittrice; Beth ha la passione per la musica e suona il piano, mentre Amy ama dipingere. Le quattro sorelle trascorrono le loro giornate insieme a Laurie, nipote del ricco vicino di casa, allietate dalle sporadiche notizie che dal fronte arrivano sul loro padre. Quest’ultimo, però, verrà ferito e la madre partirà per assisterlo; anche Beth si ammalerà di scarlattina, ma nonostante le sfide del destino le sorelle restano sempre unite e un lieto fine le attende con il ritorno del padre dal fronte e il fidanzamento di Meg con John Brooke, precettore di Laurie.