Author: Louisa May Alcott
Publisher: Musaicum Books
Published: 2017-08-07
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 8027200652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis eBook edition of "A GARLAND FOR GIRLS” has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Extract: "The three girls were the guests of a delightful old lady, who had know their mothers and was fond of renewing her acquaintance with them through their daughters. She loved young people, and each summer invited parties of them to enjoy the delights of her beautiful country house, where she lived alone now, being the childless widow of a somewhat celebrated man.” Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist. Table of Contents: May Flowers An Ivy Spray and Ladies' Slippers Pansies Water-Lilies Poppies and Wheat Little Button-Rose Mountain-Laurel and Maiden-Hair Mountain—Laurel "These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure suggested titles for the tales and gave an interest to the work. If my girls find a little beauty or sunshine in these common blossoms, their old friend will not have made her Garland in vain.” - L. M. Alcott, Introduction
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Download or read book A GARLAND FOR GIRLS written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Musaicum Books. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition of "A GARLAND FOR GIRLS” has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Extract: "The three girls were the guests of a delightful old lady, who had know their mothers and was fond of renewing her acquaintance with them through their daughters. She loved young people, and each summer invited parties of them to enjoy the delights of her beautiful country house, where she lived alone now, being the childless widow of a somewhat celebrated man.” Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist. Table of Contents: May Flowers An Ivy Spray and Ladies' Slippers Pansies Water-Lilies Poppies and Wheat Little Button-Rose Mountain-Laurel and Maiden-Hair Mountain—Laurel "These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure suggested titles for the tales and gave an interest to the work. If my girls find a little beauty or sunshine in these common blossoms, their old friend will not have made her Garland in vain.” - L. M. Alcott, Introduction