Олкотт Луиза Мэй

This is a very sweet collection of short stories. I find it very clever that everyone short story as a floral theme, linking them all to the title. Of course, it is full of good sentiments and morals, but it's a very enjoyable read!". An Ivy Spray and Ladies' Slippers Pansies Water‐Lilies Poppies and Wheat Little Button‐Rose

109 стр. Debby's debut Brothers NELLY'S hospital

434 pages. Polly never questioned the way she was, until she went to visit her city cousins, the wealthy Shaw family. Years later, she is living in the city, supporting herself by giving music lessons. When she learns that the Shaws are facing poverty, she is more than eager to help, but what can she do?

Polly Milton, a 14-year-old country girl, visits her friend Fanny Shaw and her wealthy family in the city for the first time. Poor Polly is overwhelmed by the splendor at the Shaws' and their urbanized, fashionable lifestyles, expensive clothes and other habits she has never been exposed to, and, for the most part, dislikes. Fanny's friends ignore her because of her different...

Set in the Coventry Mansion during the Victorian era, the wealthy family hires a young woman named Jean Muir to be the governess of sixteen-year-old Bella. When she first meets the Coventry family, Jean succeeds in charming Bella, Ned and Mrs. Coventry by having a fainting spell. However, Gerald and Lucia, son of the estate and cousin to the Coventry family, remain suspicious....

Publisher : Open Road Media Teen & Tween (21 April 2020) One of four stories written under the penname A. M. Barnard, Behind a Mask was originally published in 1866 for a young adult audience. Set in Victorian-era Britain, it follows the machinations of Jean Muir, a governess hired by the Coventry family to care for their sixteen-year-old daughter. Winning the confidence of the...

Delphi Classics, 2011. — 10693 p. — ASIN B005AO9M6E Louisa May Alcott’s charming tales of ‘Little Women’ have delighted readers across the world since their 1868 publication, but she was also an author of sensational thrillers, humorous plays and perceptive poetry. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Louis May Alcott,...

It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and must now reside with her maiden great aunts, the matriarchs of her wealthy Boston family. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, he takes over her care. Through his unorthodox theories about child-rearing, she becomes happier and healthier while finding her place in her...

"Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill" was published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and must now reside with her maiden aunts, the matriarchs of her wealthy Boston family.

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). Flower Fables contains wildly imaginative stories that grew out of Alcott's experience as a storyteller to the children of her Concord, Connecticut,...

Англ. язык. Книга вторая из серии книг о семье Марч. "Хорошие жены" продолжение всеми любимой книги Л.М. Олкотт, "Маленькие женщины". В этой книге рассказывается как сестры Марч вступают во взрослую жизнь под мудрым руководством родителей. Мег выходит замуж, и любящие советы матери не раз выравнивают крен семейной лодки молодой женщины. Джо и Лори из просто близких друзей...

Hospital Sketches (1863) is a compilation of four sketches based on letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the six weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War in Georgetown. Tribulation Periwinkle opens the story by complaining, "I want something to do." She dismisses suggestions to write a book, teach, get married, or start acting....

Jack Minot and Janey Pecq are best friends who live next door to each other. They are always seen together, so Janey gets the nickname of Jill, to mimic the old rhyme. The two do go up a hill one winter day— and then suffer a terrible accident. Seriously injured in a sledding accident, they recover from their physical injuries, while learning life lessons along with their many...

"Jo’s Boys" is Louisa May Alcott’s sequel to "Little Men". The story begins ten years after the end of the first story. The school is still presided over by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. The school itself has become a college. The boys remain due to the change in the nature of Plumfield as a school. The whole extended family has moved close by. Meg has a house, and...

Louisa May Alcott wrote "Little Men". This is a sequel to "Little Women", where Jo March has married Professor Bhaer. They have begun a school in New England at Plumfield, which they inherited. The school is almost a home for orphans, taking in boys in trouble from the streets and elsewhere. The book also follows the lives of the other March girls. It takes in events in their...

Margaret, the eldest of the four, was sixteen, and very pretty, being plump and fair, with large eyes, plenty of soft brown hair, a sweet mouth, and white hands, of which she was rather vain. Fifteen- year-old Jo was very tall, thin, and brown, and reminded one of a colt, for she never seemed to know what to do with her long limbs, which were very much in her way.

Planet e-Book. This popular novel concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War, and was based on Alcott's own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts. After much demand, Alcott wrote a sequel, Good Wives, which is often published together with Little Women as if it were a single work. Good Wives picks up three years after the...

Margaret, the eldest of the four, was sixteen, and very pretty, being plump and fair, with large eyes, plenty of soft brown hair, a sweet mouth, and white hands, of which she was rather vain. Fifteen- year-old Jo was very tall, thin, and brown, and reminded one of a colt, for she never seemed to know what to do with her long limbs, which were very much in her way.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1916. — 556 p. This popular novel concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War, and was based on Alcott's own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts. After much demand, Alcott wrote a sequel, Good Wives , which is often published together with Little Women as if it were a single work. Good Wives...

Английский текст.205 стр. Coming Home. Old Friends with New Faces Miss Campbell Thorns Among the Roses Prince Charming Polishing Mac Phebe Breakers Ahead New Year's Calls The Sad and Sober Part Small Temptations At Kitty's Ball Both Sides Aunt Clara's Plan Alas for Charlie! Good Works Among the Haycocks Which Was It? Behind the Fountain What Mac Did How Phebe Earned Her Welcome...

Оригинальный английский текст.53 стр. Under the Lilacs is a children's novel by Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1878. The story is about two girls; Bab and Betty Moss; Miss Celia; a circus runaway, Ben Brown; and his dog Sanchо. When Bab and Betty decide to have a tea party with their dolls a mysterious dog comes and steals their prized cake. The girls find a circus...