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1) Little Women: The Heartfelt Chronicles of the March Sisters: Timeless Coming-of-Age Classic Novel
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"Venture into the lives of Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy as they navigate the joys and struggles of youth. A timeless tale of love, ambition, and sisterhood."
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Step back in time with Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, "Little Women," as you immerse yourself in the captivating world of the March family. Set against the backdrop of Civil War-era America, this narrative offers a window into the ambitions, dreams, and dilemmas of four...
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Originally published under the title „Proverb Stories" in 1882 by Louisa May Alcott, this collection of sweet stories with a high moral tone includes: „Kitty's Class Day", „Aunt Kipp, Psyche's Art", „A Country Christmas", „On Picket Duty", „The Baron's Gloves", „My Red Cap", and „What the Bells Saw and Said". Using different characters in each story, she has portrayed various aspects of life brilliantly. It is a collection with lots...
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Rose returns home after two years of travel with her Uncle Alec to find herself suddenly surrounded by young men vying for her hand in marriage, but she vows to have nothing to do with romance until she has established her own independence and is sure she has found a man she can trust.
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Louisa May Alcott:
Merry Christmas
A Christmas Dream and How It Came True
Becky's Christmas Dream
Kitty's Class Day
Rosa's Tale
Tilly's Christmas
The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation
What the Bell Saw and Said
A Christmas Turkey, and How It Came
The Little Red Purse
A Country Christmas
O. Henry:
The Gift of the Magi
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking
Christmas by Injunction
A Chaparral Christmas Gift
Hans Christian...
7) Jo's boys
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Recounts the further adventures, successes, and failures of the numerous little men of Plumfield.
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An early novel of gothic thrills and chills from the beloved author of Little Women.
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 clan proves easy for Jean, though she does...
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In Little Women, based loosely on Louisa May Alcott's own upbringing, readers follow the lives of the four March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Each girl has a vision of what their ideal future will bring, but each ultimately experiences, as most young people do, something completely different. Little Men, the sequel to Little Women describes the school for boys Jo March operates with her husband. Plumfield School is a haven for poor orphans and...
11) Little women
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For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
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In this charming collection of stories, the author of beloved novels such as Little Women re-imagines several classic fairy tales and fables, setting them among the austere beauty of the nineteenth-century New England countryside. A Modern Cinderella a satisfying treat for readers of all age. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront...
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