The beloved March family trilogy--presented in one "single,
beautifully crafted volume" featuring original illustrations (John
Matteson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author)
From the incidents of her own remarkable childhood, Louisa May Alcott
fashioned a trilogy of novels that catapulted her to fame and fortune
and that remain among the most beloved works in all of American
literature. Here, in an authoritative single-volume edition restoring
Alcott's original text as well as her sister May (the original of Amy)'s
illustrations, is the complete series.
Set in a small New England town during the Civil War and Reconstruction,
Little Women introduces Alcott's remarkable heroines, the March
sisters--above all, her alter ego Jo March, with her literary ambition
and independent spirit. The follow-up, Little Men, follows Jo into
adulthood and marriage as she finds herself the caretaker of a houseful
of rambunctious children at Plumfield School. Jo's Boys returns to
Plumfield a decade later; now grown, Jo's children recount adventures of
their own.
At once heartwarming and true to life, Alcott's novels will continue to
win over readers both young and old, as they have for generations.
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