The fictional Jo is 15 years old on Christmas Eve 1861, which suggests that she would have been born in 1846. I didn’t mind their preachiness – some of Marmee’s wise words helped me from time to time, and they were written in a time when there was greater emphasis placed on the formation of one’s character, right? BRADY, B/W Illustrated from Photos of Scenes in the Play ,, front pastedown has wear and PENCIL NAME BLANK PG. Some wear to the gilt on "tt" in "Little" on the cover, and wear to gilt on publisher's name on spine, but overall gilt is rather bright. Mild Shelfwear And Edgewear, Tanning From Age, Crack In Binding On Title Page With Webbing Exposed, But Intact, No Loose Pages, Or Other Damage, Foxing, Otherwise An Unmarked, Clean, And Solid Copy.

In the past, various “points” in the text and binding have been presented as evidence of the “first issue,” but is has now been demonstrated that all of those supposed textual and binding points also exist in several 1869 reprintings. Plus, I could see that Jo and the Professor seemed to have a lot in common, in terms of their love of books and their literary preferences. On the adult nonfiction front, Sisters: On Life, Death and Little Women by Kate Bolick, Carmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley, and Jenny Zhang (Library of America, Aug.

As a result, the 1880 version really constitutes a second edition, although it was not identified as such. B/W DECORATIONS ON SOME PGS, Ormiston Free Church School' prize Inscription to front end-paper dated 1875, awarded to Mary Kerr from Mrs. No detail was too minute: “I printed a galley version of Little Women and made a custom case for the galley sheets.

The novel has two sequels: Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys (1871) and Jo’s Boys and How They Turned Out (1886).

Louisa May Alcott recreates her own family’s dramatic, comic, and sometimes tragic experiences in this heartfelt novel that has been celebrated and shared for generations—and this unabridged edition will continue to be shared for years to come. If anything, this reading made me MORE convinced that she had set up Laurie and Jo as the perfect romantic couple, and LESS accepting of the eventual resolution. This is a wonderful overview that encompasses the life of Louisa May Alcott; the writing of her frequently autobiographical novel; the various stage, movie, and television adaptations; and how the book has been read over the past 150 years.

THICK COLOR ILLUSTRATED RAINBOW CLOTH BINDING CVR REPRESENTS AN ENTIRELY NEW PROCESS, VERY RARE, 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. Eastland and Wolfe even have cameos in the film as a bookbinder and printer, respectively: “I brought period-appropriate tools and prepped four or five examples of the book at every stage of the process. Jo and her mother agree about Jo’s plan to leave and Jo states that “Beth must think I am going to please myself, as I am, for I can’t talk about Laurie to her. It’s as if Alcott created two characters who were destined to be together, decided to keep them apart, but could never quite separate them, despite her own sternest good intentions. This copy is dated 1870 on the title page, in the publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt titling on the front cover and spine.

BEIGE CLOTH ILLSTRATED CVR MATCHES DJ Illustration, 101 PGS , Book was Originally By Louisa May Alcott, People in Play Mrs. And what a shame, cause the book makes a perfect sense for these two to be together, but not the movie. Louisa May Alcott cleverly reveals important aspects of their personalities in the opening four lines: Josephine or Jo is lying on the floor because she’s a tomboy. A bestseller from the time it was originally published in 1868, it is the tale of the March sisters: Meg, Beth, Jo, and Amy. Inside the book there are no pen or pencil marks ( front pastedown has wear and PENCIL NAME BLANK PG.

I think my problem with the opening of Little Women was the way that Louisa May Alcott introduces all four sisters right up front, and gives each character a turn as if she were dealing a hand of poker. HBDJ, STATED 1ST PRINTING AUGUST 1946 ON COPYRIGHT PG, VG+/VG+ BACK DJ Lists Rainbow classics an old Fashioned Girl Thru little Men.Charmed Life arrives in an explosion of magic in this edition illustrated by Alison Bryant and introduced by Katherine Rundell. From left) Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, and Eliza Scanlen in Little Women (2019), directed by Greta Gerwig. contains images from the new movie, while Little Women: The Official Movie Companion by Gina McIntyre offers a guide to the making of the film, with more than 150 photographs showcasing costumes and locations. THICK BROWN RED Bevelled DECORATED CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT WITH LITE EDGEWEAR, GOLD GILT PGS OUTE4R EDGES, SOME Interior MILD Foxing, Publ 'Tyler' ceased to be a partner of 'Ward, Lock' in 1873. On the flyleaf and front free endpaper is written, once in pen and a few times in pencil, "Lizzie C.