Louisa Alcott: 556 books

Louisa May Alcott creó las historias fantásticas para entretener a la hija de un amigo de la familia, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Poblados por elfos, brownies y otras criaturas sobrenaturales, las fábulas concluyen con lecciones memorables para los lectores jóvenes sobre el poder del amor y la bondad y la importancia de la responsabilidad.

Mujercitas es una novela de Louisa May Alcott publicada el 30 de septiembre de 1868, que trata la vida de cuatro niñas que se convierten en mujeres con la Guerra Civil en los Estados Unidos como fondo, entre 1861 y 1865.

Esta es la historia de Polly Milton, una muchacha de campo, d e catorce años, que viene a la ciudad a pasar una temporada con su amiga Fanny Shaw. Polly queda muy impresionada por la vida tan diferente a la suya que Fanny lleva. Siempre va a la moda y le gusta coquetear con los jovenes.Polly conoce...

Kate Snow, narradora de esta novela, es una enfermera (como lo fue la propia autora) contratada para ocuparse de Elinor, la hija pequeña de la familia Carruth, aquejada de una extraña enfermedad mental. Kate intentará desde el primer día entender por qué el joven Robert Steele, supuesto amigo de la familia, mantiene un control absoluto sobre todo lo que ocurre en casa de los Carruth.

“Geniale. Un romanzo elegante, poderoso e ambizioso.” (The New Age) “Una delizia per l’intelletto…” (Boston Post) Vanità, lussuria, tradimento, ipnosi, omosessualità e droga: non sono gli ingredienti che ci si aspetterebbe di trovare in un romanzo di Louisa May Alcott....

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel ‘Little Women’. In her six-volume series of ‘Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag’, she features 66 delightful short stories for children. This illustrated volume features the stories ‘Jimmy’s Cruise in the Pinafore’,...

Louisa May Alcott's Marjorie's Three Gifts (1876) is a short story about a little poor girl who has many things on her mind. On her birthday, she is lost in thinking about how to help all the poor children.

The holidays are the best time to enjoy Christmas mysteries and classic ghost tales (for the fans of the genre) in the snuggling comfort of your home. This edition hence brings to you some of the finest literary gems together in one place to satisfy your cravings for some suspense. Enjoy: The Christmas...

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel ‘Little Women’. In her six-volume series of ‘Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag’, she features 66 delightful short stories for children. This volume features the stories ‘My Girls’, ‘Lost in a London Fog’,...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. From the beloved writer of Little Women comes this enchanting collection of Christmas stories. Louisa May Alcott crafts classic tales of how the holidays were spent in nineteenth-century America. Sharing these stories with loved ones will be a welcome addition to your holiday celebrations.

Three young men stood together on a wharf one bright October day awaiting the arrival of an ocean steamer with an impatience which found a vent in lively skirmishes with a small lad, who pervaded the premises like a will-o'-the-wisp and afforded much amusement to the other groups assembled there. "They...

Shoes And Stockings - A Country Christmas, one of the most important works by Louisa M. Alcott now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

In Little Women, based loosely on Louisa May Alcott's own upbringing, readers follow the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Each girl has a vision of what their ideal future will bring, but each ultimately experiences, as most young people do, something completely different....

Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations.  All our books contain a linked table of contents. Rose in Bloom, written by American author Louisa May Alcott, is the coming of age story of young Rose Campbell.