Louisa May Alcott

Broschiertes Buch

Silver Pitchers

and Independence;A Centennial Love Story

Beschreibung

"Silver Pitchers: and Independence, a Centennial Love Story" is a 1888 collection of short stories by written by American author Louisa May Alcott. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet most famous for writing the novel "Little Women", as well as its sequels "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys". She grew up in New England and became associated with numerous notable intellectuals of her time, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Henry David Thoreau. These stories offer a great deal of insight into what life was like for people-especially women-in America during the late eighteen hundreds, exploring such themes as temperance, women's financial struggles, and the problems that come with looking for a utopia. Contents include: "Silver Pitchers", "Anna's Whim", "Transcendental Wild Oats", "The Romance Of A Summer Day", "My Rococo Watch", "By The River", "Letty's Tramp", "Scarlet Stockings", and "Independence: A Centennial Love Story". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Autor

Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 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 novel was very well received and is still a popular children's novel today, filmed several times. Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She died in Boston on March 6, 1888.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read & Co. Classics
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781528714242
• ISBN-10: 1528714245
• Artikelnr.: 57894588