1915 LITTLE WOMEN Victorian AUTHORIZED Romance CIVIL WAR Movie LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

  
MEG, JO, BETH AND AMY. T his sale is for an original ca.

1915 edition of the classic " LITTLE WOMEN; OR, MEG, JO, BETH, AND AMY " by Louisa May Alcott. As illustrated by RICHARD JONES. YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK!! One of the most popular of books, it is a story of the happy home life of four girls, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, drawn largely from the girlhood life of Miss Alcott and her sisters.

AUTHORIZED EDITION by Blue Ribbon Books. This is an original Rainbow Bindings book. The cover on this book represented a new process in book-binding. The illustration was reproduced on cloth and treated to make it dust and water proof. Rainbow Bindings was a considered a unique development of that time.

What you will particularly appreciate about this stunning pictorial edition are the 4 ILLUSTRATIONS! From drawings by Richard Jones.

L ITTLE WOMEN is a novel originally published on September 30, 1868 concerning the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. Based on Louisa May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers.

F irst published in two parts, Part I of LITTLE WOMEN appeared in October 1868 and was followed by Part II in 1 869. THIS VOLUME COMBINES BOTH PART 1 & 2. T hrough their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt the deep sadness when Meg leaves the circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part I. Little Women is the story of The Marches, a family used to hard toil and suffering. Although Father March is away with the Union armies, the sisters Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth keep in high spirits with their mother, affectionately named Marmee. Their friendly gift of a Christmas holiday breakfast to a neighboring family is an act of generosity rewarded with wealthy Mr.

Laurence's gift of a surprise Christmas feast. However, despite their efforts to be good, the girls show faults: the pretty Meg becomes discontented with the children she teaches; boyish Jo loses her temper regularly; while the golden-haired schoolgirl Amy is inclined towards affectation.

However, Beth, who keeps the house is always kind and gentle. The novel tells of their progress into young womanhood with the additional strains of romance.

This is the story of their growing maturity and wisdom and the search for the contentedness of family life. Part two, or Part Second, also known as Good Wives, followed the March sisters into adulthood and their respective marriages. The critical reception of PART I was overwhelmingly positive; critics soon began calling the new novel a classic. Readers clamored for a second volume that would bring about a marriage between the main character Jo, and her childhood friend, Laurie. Alcott received many letters and even visitors at her Concord home, asking for a sequel.

In response to this demand, Alcott wrote a second part, entitled Good Wives, which was published in 1869. The second part picks up three years after the events in the last chapter of the first part ("Aunt March Settles The Question"). Both parts were eventually called. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. While resisting the popular demand to see Jo and Laurie wed, Alcott did write marriages for three of the March sisters. In 1880, the two parts were combined into one volume, and have been published as such in the United States ever since. It has become a much loved classic tale and many of the trials of the sisters are all too relevant today as evidenced by its continued following. "Little Women" is one of the best loved books of all time. P ublished circa 1915, this book is in GOOD+ CONDITION for its age; especially to be 105 YEARS OLD! And firmly bound with no destructive tears or markings. It measures 6" X 9" and is complete with all 397 pages.

GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!! Please see our other books too! The item "1915 LITTLE WOMEN Victorian AUTHORIZED Romance CIVIL WAR Movie LOUISA MAY ALCOTT" is in sale since Saturday, January 23, 2021. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible".

The seller is "rebel_soldier" and is located in Cameron, North Carolina. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year Printed: 1915
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Topic: Classics
• Binding: Hardcover
• Region: North America
• Illustrator: Richard Jones
• Author: Louisa May Alcott
• Subject: Literature & Fiction
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Publisher: Blue Ribbon Books, INC
• Place of Publication: New York
• Special Attributes: Military & War