Eight Cousins ;or, The Aunt Hill (1) - Softcover

Alcott, Louisa May

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447402952 ISBN 13: 9781447402954

Publisher: Read & Co. Classics, 2011

Synopsis

This classic book contains a lovely novel about 'Rose', who is orphaned and goes to live with her guardian, Uncle Alec. The story follows Rosy as she settles in and adjusts to this new, strange life, as she meets the rest of her unknown family and struggles to discover what life for a young woman is about. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

About this title

About the Author:

Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she also grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Alcott's family suffered financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard, under which she wrote novels for young adults. Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Hillside, later called the Wayside, in Concord, Massachusetts and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The novel was very well received and is still a popular children's novel today, filmed several times. Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She died in Boston on March 6, 1888. -Wikipedia

About this edition

• Publisher: Read & Co. Classics
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1447402952
• ISBN 13: 9781447402954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224