Louisa May Alcott
121) Peace from Heaven
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"Peace from Heaven", is an impressionistic poem written by Louisa May Alcott that weaves together pagan and Christian imagery to communicate the special magic of the Christmas season.
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Pendant la Guerre de Sécession, les quatre filles du Docteur March se retrouvent privées de leur père parti combattre aux ctés des Nordistes. Mme March et ses quatre filles doivent alors affronter les difficultés de la vie quotidienne et surtout la peur de ne plus jamais revoir le Dr. March. Malgré tout, c'est dans la joie et l'innocence que Meg, Jo, Beth et Amy vont découvrir ensemble les bonheurs et les déceptions de la vie.
123) A Christmas Dream
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Written as a bedtime story for her niece and part of Louisa May Alcott's Lulu Library. A Christmas Dream is the tale of a privileged little girl and a fantastic dream of Christmas teaching the value of giving to those in need. Written by Louisa May Alcott, famous for the "Little Women" Trilogy.
Narrated by Michael Ward
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Originally written for the daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a family friend, Louisa May Alcott charms us with the daily events in her fantasy world of flora and fauna. By using the magical fairies as actors in nature's play, Alcott creates delightful morality plays, allowing children to easily learn the lessons of right from wrong. Stories include "The Frost King, or, The Power of Love", "Little Bud", "Annie's Dream", "Eva's Visit to Fairyland" "Lilly...
125) Nelly's Hospital
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Nelly's Hospital (1865) is a short story by Louisa May Alcott, written during or shortly after the American Civil War. Nelly, a small soul, starts an hospital for little creatures and animals, inspired by the happenings on the war front, and wants to do some good.
126) The Candy Country
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In this gem of a story, The Candy Country, little Lily discovers that arriving in a magical country where everything is made of sweets is not the wonderland she had first thought. The story is a poignant example of the strong educational and moral influence that Louisa May Alcott's father had her life and her writing.
127) Good Wives: Part 2
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The March sisters are among the most beloved characters in children's literature, and Good Wives. As Meg marries John, Jo is faced with a romantic dilemma of her own, Amy travels to Europe, and Beth becomes increasingly ill. In this sensitive and lively novel, Alcott - 'the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom', as Henry James called her - is on sparkling form.
128) The Brothers
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Louisa May Alcott's short story "The Brothers" is set during the Civil War, Narrated by a wartime nurse, the story tells of one white brother and the other a half black meet in a hospital. Due to a previous a grudge between them the black one tries to kill the white one. Preaching the religion of humanity and kindness, she draws from her personal experiences to create this amazing work. This piece first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in November...
129) Debby's Debut
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Debby's Debut, written in 1863, is a delightful story that smells of the sea and summer, of joy and youthful innocence, of love, tenacity and courage to claim one's ideas, in which the typical themes of Alcott's production--the construction of female identity, the dignity of work, the importance of honesty and always remaining faithful to themselves, the safeguarding of the good values that modern society risks forgetting--find a lively, ironic and...
130) Classic Love Stories
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A great collection of short stories based on the theme of love read by Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres.
These are not archetypal love stories full of sentimentality, but the clever, poignant, humorous and even romantic stories set in an age of chivalry and honour. There are aspects of humour and respect in Mr. & Mrs. Dove, love from afar in the poignant tale, Angela, and a woman clouded in mystery in The Sphinx Without a Secret. Also comedy from...
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Known for her beloved children's classics, Louisa May Alcott's true zeal was for writing sensational literature, which she chose to have published anonymously or under a pseudonym. Her favorite of these works was A Modern Mephistopheles. This chilling tale of greed, lust, and deception opens on a midwinter night when Felix Canaris, a despairing writer about to take his own life, is saved by a knock at the door. The mysterious visitor, a Jasper Helwyze,...
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Reaching out over more than a hundred years, A Long Fatal Love Chase tells a story that will touch a whole generation of readers, a story so sensational it could not be published during Louisa May Alcott's lifetime. Rosamond Vivian has been brought up as a recluse by her heartlessly indifferent grandfather on a remote island off the English coast. Her only knowledge of the outside world is derived from the books she devours so voraciously. When Philip...