Louisa May Alcott
Subtitle: Work ; Eight cousins ; Rose in bloom ; Stories and other writings
By: Susan Cheever, editor
Contributors: Cheever, Susan, editor
Series: The Library of America -- 256; Library of America -- 256.
Publisher: Library Of America
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 894
ISBN-13: 9781598533064
Subjects: American literature; American Women novelists
Work titles: Works
Description: "After the success of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott brought her genius for characterization and eye for detail to a series of revolutionary novels and stones remarkable for their forthright assertion of women's rights. In the largely autobiographical Work: A Story of Experience, twenty-one-war-old orphan Christie Devon announces "a new Declaration of Independence" and pursues economic self-sufficiency through a variety of jobs: servant, actress, governess, companion, and seamstress, among others. Eight Cousins and its sequel Rose in Bloom follow the fate of Rose Campbell, another orphan, who with the benefit of a progressive education charts her own course to fulfillment and love. All three novels are presented with art from the original editions and supplemented by seven rare stories and public letters--two restored to print tor the first time in more than a century--as well as notes identifying the many allusions, quotations, and autobiographical episodes."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 874-894).
Table of contents: title: Work --; title: Eight cousins --; title: Rose in bloom --; title: Address of the Republican women of Massachusetts --; title: Kate's choice --; title: How I went out to service --; title: Women's part in the Concord celebration --; title: Letter to the Woen's Journal, June 29, 1876 --; title: Anna's whim --; title: My girls.