{"product_id":"little-women-9781593083663","title":"Little Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle Women  by Louisa May Alcott  is part of the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics series  which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader  including new scholarship  thoughtful design  and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical  biographical  and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations  parodies  poems  books  plays  paintings  operas  statuary  and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices \u0026amp; Glossaries  when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical  historical  and literaryto enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.  Generations of readers young and old  male and female  have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcotts most popular and enduring novel  Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo  tragically frail Beth  beautiful Meg  and romantic  spoiled Amy  united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War. It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father  the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott  hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson  Thoreau  and Hawthorne  Louisa supported herself and her sisters with womans work  including sewing  doing laundry  and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune  and far from being the girls book her publisher requested  it explores such timeless themes as love and death  war and peace  the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities  and the clash of cultures between Europe and America. Camille Cauti  Ph.D.  is an editor and literary critic who lives in New York City. She is a specialist in the Catholic conversion trend among members of the avant-garde in London in the 1890s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45951542558773,"sku":"ByrdShop_1593083661","price":62.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/little-women-9781593083663","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}