LITTLE WOMEN

Louisa May Alcott wrote her first novel The Inheritance at age seventeen but it went unpublished for nearly 150 years until 1997 after two researchers (Joel Myerson and Daniel Shealy) stumbled across the handwritten manuscript in the Houghton Library at Harvard University. Of course Ms. Alcott is best known for a different novel Little Women which she wrote in two parts. The first volume alternately titled Meg Jo Beth and Amy was published in 1868 and the second volume Good Wives was published in 1869. Like Jo in Little Women Louisa also wrote many blood and thunder tales which were published in popular periodicals of the day. She did not openly claim authorship for many of these Gothic thriller stories however: for some she used the pseudonym A. M. Barnard: for others she chose to remain completely anonymous.Part of Penguins beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the awardwinning Coralie BickfordSmith these delectable and collectible editions are bound in highquality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Meg Jo Amy and Beth four little women enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England The charming story of the March sisters Little Women has been adored by generations. Readers have rooted for Laurie in his pursuit of Jos hand cried over little Beths death and dreamed of traveling through Europe with old Aunt March and Amy. Future writers have found inspiration in Jos devotion to her writing. In this simple enthralling tale both parts of which are included here Louisa May Alcott has created four of American literatures most beloved women.