Good wives

Title:

Good wives

Author:

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.

ISBN:

9780141360034

Personal Author:

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.

Publication Date:

2015

Physical Description:

402 pages ; 18 cm.

Series:

Puffin classics

Puffin classics.

Abstract:

The second story about the March family. Three years on from 'Little Women' the March girls and their friend Laurie are young adults with their futures ahead of them. Although they all face painful trials along the way - from Meg's sad lesson in housekeeping to Laurie's disappointment in love and a tragedy which touches them all - each of the girls finally finds happiness, if not always in the way they expect.

Reading Level:

9-11.

Juvenile.

Subject Term:

March family (Fictitious characters) -- Juvenile fiction.

Genre:

Children's stories.

Fiction 9+.

Classics.

Copies:

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Summary

Good Wives is the second story about the March family.

Three years on from Little Women , the March girls and their friend Laurie are young adults with their futures ahead of them. Although they all face painful trials along the way - from Meg's sad lesson in housekeeping to Laurie's disappointment in love and a tragedy which touches them all - each of the girls finally finds happiness, if not always in the way they expect.

The book includes a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who's who, activities and more..

Also in Puffin Classics- Little Women, Little Men and Jo's Boys.

Author Notes

Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) was brought up in Pennsylvania, USA. She turned to writing in order to supplement the family income and had many short stories published in magazines and newspapers. Then, in 1862, during the height of the American Civil War, Louisa went to Georgetown to work as a nurse, but she contracted typhoid. Out of her experiences she wrote Hospital Sketches (1864) which won wide acclaim, followed by an adult novel , Moods.

She was reluctant to write a children's book but then realized that in herself and her three sisters she had the perfect models. The result was Little Women (1868) which became the earliest American children's novel to become a classic