A Modern Cinderella: or The Little Old Shoe And Other Stories

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This book contains four short stories by Louisa May Alcott: A Modern Cinderella, Debby's Debut, The Brothers, and Nelly's Hospital.

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Customer Reviews

Delightful!
Alcott is just such a breath of fresh air and is always an enjoyable, wise and witty read. I thoroughly devoured this collection and it left me hungry for more of her. This is literature at its finest!

2005-10-04 | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 5

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The Mysterious Key And What It Opened

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Wholesome and moralistic stories for children from the author of Little Women.

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Customer Reviews

Charming story.
It was a very fast read. Charming story but without too much depth, but I did enjoy it.

2010-02-23 | CiCi loves mysteries and thrillers (San Jacinto, CA, US) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

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Surprising Mystery from Louisa Alcott
This mystery story is not the type of writing usually associated with Louisa Alcott and I was delightfully surprised at the way she weaves clues into the story. You know a character or an event will somehow relate to the mystery, but there are several possible explanations for each event or character. I couldn't predict the ending, though it makes perfect sense when things are explained. What the mysterious key opens comes as a complete surprise and is a little shocking, especially for a story written in that time period. The story reads quickly, not bogged down by excessive description. Highly recommend it!

2010-02-08 (Iowa) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5

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Shawl-Straps, a Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag

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Tales of travels in Brittany, France, Switzerland, Italy, and London. According to Wikipedia: "Louisa May Alcott's overwhelming success dated from the appearance of the first part of Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, (1868) a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood years 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. Jo's Boys (1886) completed the "March Family Saga." Most of her later volumes, An Old Fashioned Girl (1870), Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag (6 vols., 1871–1879), Eight Cousins and its sequel Rose in Bloom (1876), and others, followed in the line of Little Women, remaining popular with her large and loyal public.

Although the Jo character in Little Women was based on Louisa May Alcott, she, unlike Jo, never married. Alcott explained her "spinsterhood" in an interview with Louise Chandler Moulton, "... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man."

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Marjorie's Three Gifts (Webster's Spanish Thesaurus Edition)

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Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are ¿difficult, and often encountered¿ in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many are provided for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language, and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word's meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the book; synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster's Online Dictionary.

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Jack and Jill

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

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Customer Reviews

Alcott's books deserve proper editions!
I've long been a fan of the lesser Louisa May Alcott books and now my daughter has discovered them too. I was pleased to find Jack and Jill available in this handy paperback by an on-demand publisher. My seventh-grade daughter pounced on the book first, in great excitement. It was a bit deflating that there was no book-specific cover art or back cover material--it is a standard, rather ugly cover and the back text advertises the publisher itself. But I guess there's no arguing with that part. Far worse, my daughter found a minefield of typos in the first few pages, which proved very distracting. Then she found that about 1 1/2 pages from 3-4 were repeated verbatim on pages 5-6. She showed me both problems and she was absolutely right: the printing process had gone completely haywire. There was no reason to expect these issues were confined to the first few pages, and we had lost faith in the whole edition. Regretfully, we have sent the book back.

2009-11-15 (Plymouth, NH USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1

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Child's rhyme and story
This has a sticky, preachy quality about it -too sweet. but although the beginning bears a resemblance to the rhyme, the story is for young adults and adults. No where as good as Little Women

2009-05-12 | ann4fun (Portland, OR) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2

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LOVE this book.
I love this book. Took a star off for the typical Alcott preachiness. But I read it off the Gutenberg project and loved it so much I bought it off Amazon. It's so sweet. Storyline similar to What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge, girl is stubborn, injures herself (well and jack), may be paralysed, after a bit of preaching, she decides to be good and she eventually heals but is better for the lesson. Sounds boring, but the characters are interesting and sweet. And they're believable. Loved it.

2008-10-18 (WA, Australia) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Child Life in 1800s New England
While this is not my favorite Alcott novel, I still enjoy reading it as a portrait of the responsibilities and amusements of boys and girls in the 19th century. While Jack and Jill recuperate from their injuries sustained "coasting" on the "lulla," they mature and change, as do their friends, whose small projects to make their life better result in, if not in unimportant monetary wealth or fame, happier times to last them the rest of their lives.

2006-10-12 (Marietta, GA USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Enjoyable!
Alcott has the amazing knack of entertaining while educating at the same time and you don't know you've been given a good moral to digest until its too late. You've already read and thoroughly enjoyed the book! You never really feel patronized or preached to...this is perhaps second tier in her fine line of literature (for her) but absolutely first tier when looking for wholesome reads for your own children. I highly recommend it.

2005-10-05 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Pauline's Passion and Punishment

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Louisa May Alcott was a 19th century American novelist. Her novels Little Women and Jo's Boys are her best-known works. Alcott became a strong feminist and abolitionist. In 1862-63 she worked as a nurse in the Union Hospital in Georgetown D C

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Customer Reviews

Short story of 'Revenge and Punishment'
N , Seattle : well written, but none the less a morality play. Perhaps, the least interesting piece I have read of L. A. Alcott's to date. Still, this important as an example of her writing for the moral betterment of men and women.

2010-01-23 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2

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