Good Wives: Louisa May Alcott (Puffin Classics) - Softcover

Alcott, Louisa May

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141360038 ISBN 13: 9780141360034

Publisher: Puffin Classics, 2015

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Classics
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0141360038
• ISBN 13: 9780141360034
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432