The courageous young women of classic literature are introduced with a key extract from the work following. Features characters from "Little Women", "Anne Of Green Gables", "The Railway Children" and "White Chrysanthemum". von Alcott,...

The March girls are shown throughout as real people and not mere moral examples as we follow them from childhood and the portrayal of the strains and delights of family life is unsurpassed in literature of the time, and has a telling...

No home library is complete without the classics! Little Women is a keepsake to be read and treasured. von Alcott, Louisa May

Louisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832 in Pennsylvania, and she grew up with plenty of books to read but seldom enough to eat. Louisa went to work when she was very young as a paid companion and teacher, but she loved writing...

Originally published in 1866 under the pseudonym "A. M. Barnard." Louisa May Alcott's novel of romance and sexual intrigue is one of her lesser-known gems. Its tone and characterizations strike a markedly different chord from her...

'It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.'Jo March - now Mrs Bhaer - is married, and the...