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Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men" is commonly considered to be the last novel in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women series. It takes place ten years after Little Men and follows the children from that book into adulthood. Out in the world they deal with love, ambition, and the snobbery of society.
3) Little women
Author
Language
English
Description
"For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
4) Jo's boys
Author
Language
English
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Description
Better known for her novels Little Women and Little Men, Louisa May Alcott continued the story of her feisty protagonist Jo in this final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of the March family. Entertaining, surprising, and overall a joy to read, Jo's Boys is nevertheless shaded by a bittersweet tone, for with it Alcott brought her wonderful series to an end. Beginning ten years after Little Men, Jo's Boys revisits Plumfield, the New...
5) Little men
Author
Language
English
Description
"Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place." --
6) Good wives
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Language
English
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Description
Three years after the close of Little Women, the March girls, four of the most beloved young women in American literature, are young adults carving out their futures. Along the way, they all face painful trials, from Jo's struggle with her writing career to her friend Laurie's heartbreak in a love tragedy. Eventually, each of the girls finds happiness, but not always in the ways that they expect.
7) Amy's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Because she desperately wants to have her picture taken, ten-year-old Amy finds a way to accumulate the necessary five dollars but then decides to spend it in another way.
8) Beth's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Relates ten-year-old Beth's exciting trip to pre-Civil War New York City with Marmee and Father.
9) Jo's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
When a wealthy aunt offers to adopt one of the March girls, ten-year-old Jo decides the best thing to do is sacrifice herself.
10) Meg's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Meg receives an invitation to a friend's picnic but Jo does not, Meg must decide whether to decline in loyalty to her sister or to follow her heart and attend.
12) Amy's true prize
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Amy finds herself in a quandary when, after two of her paintings are accepted for the Christmas festival art contest, she discovers that one of her entries is actually a work done by Marmee.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Initially delighted when she receives an invitation to wealthy and elegant Lily Pomeray's house party, Meg is mortified to learn that she has not been invited as a guest but rather to help make the costumes for a masquerade.
18) A gift for Beth
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Beth March receives a mysterious, but welcome, gift of new sheet music for the piano.
19) A gift for Jo
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Jo March is given a journal in which to record her most private thoughts, but when her sisters read what she has written, it threatens to tear them apart.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Better known for her novels „Little Women" and „Little Men", Louisa May Alcott continued the story of her feisty protagonist Jo in this final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of the March family. It is the only Alcott novel that has not had a film adaption. Originally published in 1886, two years before Ms. Alcott's death, Jo's boys follows the lives of the young men readers came to love and cherish in its prequel. In it, we...