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Louisa May Alcott - A ​valóra vált álom
A ​méltán népszerű Kisasszonyok szerzőjének csodálatos novelláskötete megannyi mesés karácsonyi történettel, melyben megelevenednek a már ismert angol vidéki élet szereplői. Együtt készülhetsz velük a legszebb családi ünnepre, forró punccsal a kezedben a kandalló előtt hallgatva a történeteiket.

Louisa May Alcott - Jo ​fiai
Louisa ​May Alcott családregényének, a Kisasszonyoknak befejező része a felnőtté válás nehézségeiről, csábításokról, tévutakról és tapasztalatokról egyaránt szól. Hála az öreg Mr. Laurence örökségének, tíz évvel az alapítás után továbbra is fogadja a diákokat és Jo Bhaer kísérleti iskolája főiskolává növi ki magát. A régi növendékek ifjakká, illetve bájos és céltudatos fiatal hölgyekké serdültek, akik a maguk útját járják a nagyvilágban. Ám egy fiatalnak ugyanannyi gondja akad, mint egy gyereknek, az élet komoly akadályokat gördít a fiatalok elé, akik mind ezek ellenére maradnak, akik mindig is voltak, Jo March fiai.

Louisa May Alcott - Fiatalurak
A ​Plumfield kísérleti fiúiskolájában a kis nebulók lényegében azt csinálhatják, amihez kedvük van, akár a lépcsőkorláton is csúszkálhatnak. Jo Bhaer írónő, akit a Kisasszonyokban még Jo March-ként ismertünk, mindig is erről álmodott: egy olyan házról, amelyben "nyüzsögnek a fiúk...és pezseg az élet". A Kisasszonyok azzal zárult, hogy Jo megörökölte a Plumfield birtokot a házsártos, de aranyszívű March nénitől, ahol most már férjével, Bhaer professzorral vállvetve, a maguk elvei szerint, és rengeteg szeretettel nevelgetik a gondjaikba vett rakoncátlan csemetéket. Ahogy Jo maga mondja, "nem is tudom, mit szeretek jobban: az írást vagy a kölykeimet". Nat, a rongyos árva, az elkényeztetett Gömböc, a vadóc Dan és a Plumfield többi feledhetetlen lakója olvasók nemzedékeit bűvölte már el kalandjaival.

Louisa May Alcott - Kisasszonyok
A ​March család négy lánya - Meg, Jo, Beth és Amy - számára nehéz idők járnak. Édesapjuk az amerikai polgárháborúban szolgál, anyjuk otthon igyekszik elfogadható életet teremteni. Sok megpróbáltatást és jó pár örömteli fordulatot végigélve, a lányokból igazi kisasszonyok válnak a történet végére.

Louisa May Alcott - Good ​Wives (Macmillan Readers)
1866 ​- Massachusetts, North America. The March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - have grown up. They are young women now. Each sister has a different plan for her future life. Meg is going to marry John Brooke. She wants to have children. Jo wants an exciting life and she wants to be a famous writer. Amy wants to be a painter and she wants to travel to Europe. Beth wants to stay at home. She wants to have a happy, quiet life. And what about the girls' best friend, Laurie? What will his future be?

Louisa May Alcott - Moods
"Like ​her later works for children, Alcott's first novel is well and imaginatively written, highly moralistic, unlikely, and moving." --The Antioch Review Moods, Louisa May Alcott's first novel, was published in 1864, four years before the best-selling Little Women. The novel unconventionally presents a "little woman," a true-hearted abolitionist spinster, and a fallen Cuban beauty, their lives intersecting in Alcott's first major depiction of the "woman problem." Sylvia Yule, the heroine of Moods, is a passionate tomboy who yearns for adventure. The novel opens as she embarks on a river camping trip with her brother and his two friends, both of whom fall in love with her. These rival suitors, close friends, are modeled on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Aroused, but still "moody" and inexperienced, Sylvia marries the wrong man. In the rest of the novel, Alcott attempts to resolve the dilemma she has created and leaves her readers asking whether, in fact, there is a place for a woman such as Sylvia in a man's world. In 1882, eighteen years after the original publication, Alcott revised and republished the novel. Her own literary success and the changes she helped forge in women's lives now allowed her heroine to meet, as Alcott said, "a wiser if less romantic fate than in the former edition." This volume contains the complete text of the 1864 Moods and Alcott's revisions for the 1882 version, along with explanatory notes by the editor. Sarah Elbert is a professor of history at the State University of New York, Binghamton. She is the author of A Hunger for Home: Louisa May Alcott's Place in American Culture (Rutgers University Press, 1987).

Louisa May Alcott - Little ​Women / Good Wives / Little Men
In _Little ​Women_ when we first meet the family, they are very poor and Mr March is far away in the army. Meg, the eldest, is sixteen when the story begins. Jo is fifteen, "tall, thin and brown", her hair is her one beauty. Beth, at thirteen, is shy and peaceful, rarely disturbed, while Amy, the youngest, is rather vain, and, in her own opinion, "a most important person". As the story develops we enjoy reading about the way the girls enjoy their lives in spite of their poverty; they meet 'the boy next door', who becomes a great friend, and his tutor Mr Brooke. _Good Wives_ begins with a wedding, the war is over, and the March family has changed, but is still together. By the end of this book we have seen Meg coping with her own home and the birth of her children. Jo has been to New York where she meets Professor Bhaer. Amy, too, marries. _Little Men_ shows how the girls' families develop, how their lives change and how, in particular, Jo and her professor have their hearts' desire and run 'Plumfield', the boys' school where we meet Nat, Dan and many other characters. The end of the trilogy shows the March Family much extended but happy and content with its destiny. The harvest is a good one.

Louisa May Alcott - Christmas ​with Louisa May Alcott
This ​paperback features two Christmas\-themed stories: ‘A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True’, a tale inspired by Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’; and ‘How It Happened’.

Louisa May Alcott - Little ​Women / Good Wives
Little ​Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve. The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Lawrence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever. Good Wives takes up the story of the March sisters, some three years later, when, as young adults, they must face up to the inevitable trials and traumas of everyday life in their search for individual happiness.

Louisa May Alcott - Little ​Men
In ​this sequel to LITTLE WOMEN, Jo and her husband, Professor Friedrich Bhaer, open Plumfield--a boarding school for boys. Louisa May Alcott's story describes the adventures of Plumfield's boisterous but kindhearted students with the entire Bhaer family, including Jo and Friedrich's two young sons.

Louisa May Alcott - Négy ​leány
Ehhez a könyvhöz nincs fülszöveg, de ettől függetlenül még rukkolható/happolható.

Louisa May Alcott - Good ​Wives
The ​novel is a sequel to L. M. Alcott's other novel "Little Women." This story follows the little girls into adult hood. There are autobiographical elements in the book as Jo's struggles in her writing career and other events are depicted. The novel created four most beloved women in American Literature.

Louisa May Alcott - John Escott - Little ​Women (Oxford Bookworms)
When ​Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to a poor family. But there are no happier girls in America than Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They miss their father, of course, who is away at the Civil War, but they try hard to be good so that he will be proud of his 'little women' when he comes home. This heart-warming story of family life has been popular for more than a hundred years.

Louisa May Alcott - The ​Complete Little Women Series
Louisa ​May Alcott (1832 – 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women, Good Wives and the sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. The first part of Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868), is a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Part two, or Part Second, also known as Good Wives (1869), followed the March sisters into adulthood and their respective marriages. Little Men (1871) detailed Jo's life at the Plumfield School that she founded with her husband Professor Bhaer at the conclusion of Part Two of Little Women. And Jo's Boys (1886) completed the "March Family Saga". Alcott made women’s rights integral to her stories, and her fiction became her “most important feminist contribution” — even considering all the efforts Alcott made to help facilitate women’s rights during her lifetime

Louisa May Alcott - Little ​Women (Alpha)
This ​is the story of four sisters growing up in a poor family at the time of the American Civil War. The hopes and fears of the March girls are described with great feeling and lively homour. _Little Women_ will always hold its place as one of the most popular stories for girls ever written. Alpha Classics provide the reader with faithful adaptations of some of the most famous novels in English Literature. Careful control of language and vocabulary provides a clear and straigthforward text which allows the student to enjoy reading.

Louisa May Alcott - Louisa ​May Alcott's Christmas Treasury
A ​publishing first - the first and only complete collection of all Louisa May Alcott's Christmas short stories and novellas. Louisa May Alcott has been loved for generations of readers for her timeless stories like Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys. Few authors have equaled her ability to bring characters to life in such a way that readers truly care for and believe in them-and are inspired to be like them. Now for the first time, all of Alcott's known Christmas short stories and novellas have been gathered into a single exquisite collection, which is sure to brighten the holidays for book lovers. Readers of all ages will cherish these fifteen enchanting tales filled with hope, sorrow, faith, joy, redemption, strength, and goodness. Louisa May Alcott's Christmas Treasury is a wonderful gift for oneself or a loved one.

Louisa May Alcott - Good ​Wives (Heinemann Guided Readers)
1866 ​- Massachusetts, North America. The March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have grown up. they are young women now. Each sister has a different plan for her future life. Meg is going to marry John Brooke. She wants to have children. Jo wants an exciting life and she wants to be a famous writer. Any wants to be a painter and she wants to travel to Europe. Beth wants to stay at home. She wants to have a happy, quiet life. And what about the girls best friend, Laurie? What will his future be? Little Women - the first story about the March sisters - is also published at Beginner Level.

Louisa May Alcott - May ​Flowers
Boston ​girls, of course they got up a clul) for mental improvement, and, as they were all descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, they called it the May Flower Club. A very good ,name, and the six young girls who were mem bers of it made a very pretty posy when they met together, once a week, to sew, and read well-chosen books. At the first meeting of the season, after being separated all summer, there was a good deal of gossip to be attended to before the question, What shall we read? came up for serious discussion. Anna Winslow, as president, began by pro posing Happy Dodd; but a chorus of Ive read it! made her turn to her list for another title. Prisoners of Poverty is all about workingwomen, very true and very sad; but Mamma said it might do us good to know something of the hard times other girls have, said A nna, soberly; for she was a thoughtful creature, very anxious to do her duty in all ways.

Louisa May Alcott - Short ​Stories
Before ​she wrote Little Women - one of the most popular books for children ever written - Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) served during the Civil War as a volunteer nurse in Washington, D.C. Drawing on that episode in her life, she produced Hospital Sketches, a fictionalized account of her experiences at the military hospital in Georgetown. This collection of five poignant short stories contains two pieces from Hospital Sketches, published in 1863: "Obtaining Supplies," recounting the obstacles Alcott's fictionalized persona, Tribulation Periwinkle, faced in gaining her independence and getting to Washington; and "A Night," a moving account of her encounter with a dying soldier. Also included are "My Contraband," a gripping tale of vengeance involving a Civil War nurse, her Confederate patient and his former slave; "Happy Women," a fictionalized essay about four "spinsters" with a positive attitude toward their marital status; and "How I Went Out to Service," an autobiographical sketch of a young woman's undaunted pursuit of financial independence. Rich in their simple eloquence, these stories provide revealing glimpses of the concerns and literary techniques of one of America's most admired authors.

Louisa May Alcott - An ​Old-Fashioned Girl
Over ​the course of summers spent with a much wealthier friend, a country girl struggles to stay true to herself and her values in this tender story from Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women! When fourteen-year-old Polly Milton goes to stay with her friend Fanny for the summer, she finds that the Shaw family's wealthy city life couldn't be more different from her country upbringing. With her plain clothes and more practical interests, Polly is out of place among a crowd focused on following the latest trends and presenting the right image. One of the few people who doesn't pressure her to fit in is Fanny's brother, Tom, but he's also one of the most annoying people Polly has ever met. Over the next six years, Polly's annual visits challenge the Shaw family to question their values even as Polly feels pressured to conform to societal expectations, though she remains old-fashioned at heart. As Polly navigates the highs and lows of growing up, friendship, love, and fortune, her greatest challenge is being true to herself.

Wini Moranville - Louisa May Alcott - The ​Little Women Cookbook
Experience ​the exciting and heartwarming world of the March sisters and Little Women right in your own kitchen. Here at last is the first cookbook to celebrate the scrumptious and comforting foods that play a prominent role in Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women. If your family includes a Little Women fan, or if you yourself are one, with this book you can keep the magic and wonder of the beloved tale alive for years to come. Do you wonder what makes the characters so excited to make-and eat!-sweets and desserts like the exotically named Blancmange or the mysterious Bonbons with Mottoes, along with favorites like Apple Turnovers, Plum Pudding, and Gingerbread Cake? Find out for yourself with over 50 easy-to-make recipes for these delectable treats and more, all updated for the modern kitchen. From Hannah's Pounded Potatoes to Amy's Picnic Lemonade, from the charming Chocolate Drop Cookies that Professor Bhaer always offers to Meg's twins to hearty dinners that Hannah and Marmee encourage the March sisters to learn to make, you'll find an abundance of delicious teatime drinks and snacks, plus breakfasts, brunches, lunches, suppers, and desserts. Featuring full-color photos, evocative illustrations, fun and uplifting quotes from the novel, and anecdotes about Louisa May Alcott, this is a book that any Little Women fan will love to have.

Louisa May Alcott - A ​Long Fatal Love Chase
Rosamond ​Vivian, brought up on a remote island by an indifferent grandfather, swears she'd sell her soul to Satan for a year of freedom. When Philip Tempest enters her life, she is ripe for the plucking, but is soon caught up in a web of intrigue, cruelty and deceit stretching back far into the past. Remarkable for its portrayal of a sensual, spirited Victorian heroine, Louisa May Alcott's work, too shocking to be published during her lifetime, tells a compulsive tale of love, desire and deceit. Its publication more than a century after being written marks a new page in literary history.

Louisa May Alcott - Rose ​in Bloom
In ​this sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more for her money than for herself.

Louisa May Alcott - Jo ​néni kincsesládája
Karácsony ​ünnepének közeledtével mi sem lehetne aktuálisabb téma éppen a szeretetnél, amelyre, mint vezérfonalra fűzi fel a kötet elbeszéléseit a romantikus széppróza mestere, Louisa May Alcott. Egy nagymama számára mi más lenne a legszebb karácsonyi ajándék, ha nem az, hogy az egész családja köréje gyűlik ezen a szent napon; egy kisfiú töretlen reménnyel várja elveszettnek hitt tengerész édesapját; egy kislány tündért keres és rá is lel; karácsony szent éjszakáján valósággá válik egy legenda, miszerint éjfél után az állatok egy órára megkapják a beszéd képességét… Megannyi érdekes és szívet melengető történet annak az írónőnek a tollából, akinek többek között a Kisasszonyok című regényt is köszönhetjük. A Kisasszonyokban Alcott saját gyerekkorából merített ihletet, és ezen írásai is e gyermekkor szivárványszínében ragyogó világába visznek. "Nincs mesekönyv, amely feleolyan csodálatos lehetne, mint körülöttünk ez a szép világ, ha tudjuk, hogyan kell olvasni" - mondja Jo néni, akinek kincsesládájából most kedvesebbnél kedvesebb, felemelő históriák kerülnek elő, örömére, épülésére felnőttnek, gyermeknek, korhatár nélkül.

Louisa May Alcott - The ​Candy Country
Ehhez a könyvhöz nincs fülszöveg, de ettől függetlenül még rukkolható/happolható.

Louisa May Alcott - Jack ​and Jill
In ​this reimagining of the classic nursery rhyme, best friends Jack and Jill recover from a sledding accident surrounded by family and friends in this inspiring story from Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women! Jack Minot and Janey Pecq are next-door neighbors and best friends so frequently seen together that Janey earns the nickname Jill after the rhyme "Jack and Jill." Unfortunately, the sweet moniker proves prophetic when a wintry day spent sledding ends in a terrible fall that leaves both young people seriously injured. While Jack's head wound leaves him fragile for a few weeks, Jill's damaged back keeps her bedridden for months and with limited mobility afterward. Their mothers and friends do their best to make time pass more quickly with songs, elaborately costumed tableaus, and frequent visits. Even as petty jealousy, dreams deferred, and growing pains challenge the friend group, Jack and Jill ultimately grow stronger and closer together in this charming coming-of-age tale.

Louisa May Alcott - Under ​the Lilacs
A ​boy runs away from the circus in search of his father and finds a new family along the way in this coming-of-age classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women. Twelve-year-old Ben Brown runs away from the circus with his dog (and best friend) Sancho to seek out his missing father. He stumbles into the lives of young sisters Bab and Betty Moss who live with their mother in a quiet, tidy house. Ben's juggling skills, Sancho's trick of spelling his name with letter blocks, and the duo's other tricks of the trade charm the small family while Bab and Betty's whimsical antics and their mother's steady goodness and understanding are a welcome refuge for Ben, who constantly worries about his father. Ben begins working for a nearby farm and moves in with the Mosses' next-door neighbors--Miss Celia and her teenage brother, Thornton--whose garden is full of lilacs. As much as Ben cares for his new companions, he chafes at the slow pace of his new life, used to the excitement of the circus. And when his beloved Sancho goes missing and Ben gets accused of theft, he starts to wonder if he can ever truly fit in his new life.

Louisa May Alcott - Egy ​régimódi lány
Volt ​egyszer egy Amerika, benne egy gazdag család, s a családnak egy szép, szegény vendége. A lányban annyi az erő, a természetesség, a báj, hogy a könyv minden szereplőjének életét attól kezdve ez az erő, természetesség és báj irányítja. Akkor is, amikor életsorsok veszedelmeiből és szerelmek vidám szövevényeiből kell végül mindennek jóra fordulnia. Még mi, olvasók is e lánynak köszönhetjük, hogy megismerhetjük ezt az egyszervolt Amerikát. Polly csinos, életvidám teremtés, aki a kor nőeszményével szemben a tevékeny, saját sorsát alakító, másokon mindig segíteni kész új nőtípust testesíti meg. Egyik pillanatról a másikra robban be az előkelő és felszínes új angliai társasági életbe, és a maga állhatatos, mégis derűs és bájos lényével számos barátot szerez. A tisztes szegénység, a munka és a szeretet megingathatatlan erények számára, amelyeket még a legelvetemültebb ficsúrban vagy rongyrázó kisasszonyban is megtalál. A már-már idilli környezetbe egy másik, kíméletlenebb világ hírnökei érkeznek - és a váratlanul betoppanó szerelem -, így a gazdag baráti család anyagi összeomlása után Pollynak immár azért is küzdenie kell, hogy a viharban összegabalyodott szerelmi szálak újra egybefonódjanak. Louisa May Alcott, a nagy sikerű Kisasszonyok szerzője, ebben a könyvében a 19. századi Amerika értékeit egyedülálló női szemszögből ragadja meg, amit egyszerre jellemez a szárnyaló romantika és a földön járó derű. Alcott is egy igazi fiús vadóc volt. "Egy fiú se lehetett a barátom, amíg le nem győztem őt valamilyen versenyben. És olyan lányokkal nem barátkoztam, akik nem tudtak fára mászni, vagy átugrani a kerítésen" - írta Louisa saját magáról. A szerző különleges egyénisége és karaktere írásain is átsugárzik. A Manó Könyvek gondozásában végre most a teljes, eredeti szöveg bravúros fordítása jelenik meg. Ajánljuk mindenkinek, aki kedveli L. M. Montgomery és Jane Austen írásait. És az ő lányaiknak, anyukáiknak.

Louisa May Alcott - Jó ​feleségek
Vidám ​sürgés-forgással kezdődik Louisa May Alcott lebilincselő meséje: esküvőre készül a család. Három év telt el a Kisasszonyok óta, felserdültek a March lányok, és nagy várakozásokkal tekintenek a jövőbe. Meg az új asszonyok gondtalan derűlátásával vág neki a házasságnak, de mikor rá kell jönnie, hogy a családi élet nem egy szakadatlan ünneplés, anyja szelíd, de határozott irányításával és kijózanító tapasztalatokkal felvértezve igyekszik elérni a családi és anyai boldogságot. Húga, Jo felölti a "tollnoki toalettet", és ismét megostromolja az írói hivatás csúcsait, Amy, a kis "dáma", a művészetnél is nagyobb értékekre bukkan rá külföldi utazásai közben. Csupán az alázatos kis Beth nem kívánkozik sehova a családi otthon falai közül, és bár az ő terhe a legnagyobb, végül ő is megtalálja a békét. Ez a meglepetésekkel teli, megható és mulatságos könyv méltó betetőzése a kedves "kisasszonyok" történetének.

Louisa May Alcott - The ​Inheritance
Louisa ​May Alcott's recently unearthed romance is, according to the scholars who found it, the novel Jo March could have been writing in "Little Women". The amazingly accomplished tale of a young and beautiful orphan and her suitor was written in 1849, when Alcott was 17 years old.

Louisa May Alcott - Little ​Women
A ​classic with girls everywhere, LITTLE WOMEN tells the gripping story of the four March sisters--Jo, Amy, Beth, and Meg--as they struggle to grow up in an impoverished New England family during the Civil War. In this old-fashioned coming-of-age novel based on Louisa May Alcott's own interesting childhood, each sister, though uniquely talented, has to overcome her own unfortunate qualities, which include bluntness, vanity, shyness, and self-indulgence. Book One focuses on the pleasures and pains of life with their loving and wise mother, Marmee, while their father, a minister, serves in the war. Book Two takes place after the war has ended and the father has returned to the family. Jo's intense determination to become a professional writer, Beth’s loving heart, Meg’s work as a governess, and Amy’s burgeoning artistic talent are each followed with care.

Louisa May Alcott - Sol Arráez - Kisasszonyok
Új ​sorozatunkban négy fokozatban könnyű olvasmányokat kínálunk: az olvasással még csak most ismerkedő gyerekeknek szóló könyvektől egészen a már szívesen olvasó gyerekek szintjéig, akik a klasszikus történetek olvasmányos változataival barátkozhatnak meg, mielőtt kézbe...