Little Women

<b>A classic tale to share with the next generation <i>Little Women </i>is a coming of age story of virtue and true love in nineteenth century America.</b> <p/> A true classic <i>Little Women</i> follows the lives of Jo Meg Beth and Amy March <b> four spirited sisters living in Civil War era America</b>. Join the Marches as they navigate New England life with a father at <b>war</b> <b> financial hardships</b> and the lure and <b>intrigue </b>of the handsome young man who lives next door. <p/> Originally published in 1868 <i>Little Women</i> was an immediate best seller that inspired <b>three sequels</b>: <i>Good Wives</i> <i>Little Men</i> and<i> Jo's Boys</i>. <i>Little Women</i> is based directly on author Louisa May Alcott's own early life. Alcott's father a reformist and staunch abolitionist was able to often meet with luminary Nathaniel Hawthorne Ralph Waldo Emerson and other figures that would influence her to become <b>one of the great American authors of the post-Civil War era</b>. <p/> Complete and <b>unabridged</b> this <b>beautifully designed jacketed hardcover edition</b> features <b>an introduction by Victorian literature scholar Laura Ciolkowski</b> and <b>a timeline of the life and times of Louisa May Alcott</b>. <p/> Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover the <b>Chartwell Classics series</b> includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs. <p/> Other titles in the<b> Chartwell Classics Series</b> include: <i> Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft; Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales; Complete Novels of Jane Austen; Complete Sherlock Holme; Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe; Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Divine Comedy; </i><i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales</i><i>;</i> <i>The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft; The Federalist Papers; The Inferno; The Call of the Wild and White Fang; Moby Dick; The Odyssey; Pride and Prejudice; The Essential Grimm's Fairy Tales; Emma; The Great Gatsby; The Secret Garden; Anne of Green Gables; The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe; The Phantom of the Opera; The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital; Republic; Frankenstein; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Meditations; Wuthering Heights; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; A Tales of Two Cities; Beowulf; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i> <br>