She had a rich imagination and often her stories became melodramas that she and her sisters would act out for friends. Like her character, Jo March in Little Women, young Louisa was a tomboy: 'No boy could be my friend till I had beaten him in a race,' she claimed, ' and no girl if she refused to climb trees, leap fences.'įor Louisa, writing was an early passion. Louisa spent her childhood in Boston and in Concord, Massachusetts, where her days were enlightened by visits to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s library, excursions into nature with Henry David Thoreau and theatricals in the barn at Hillside (now Hawthorne’s 'Wayside'). She and her three sisters, Anna, Elizabeth and May were educated by their father, philosopher/ teacher, Bronson Alcott and raised on the practical Christianity of their mother, Abigail May.

Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832. This edition has been lovingly brought to life with original illustrations by Haleigh DeRocher.The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (1867)Ī Long Fatal Love Chase (1866 – first published 1995) Her works chronicling domestic adventures and everyday life have endured to this day. Louisa May Alcott was one of the most renowned female writers of the Gilded Age. These editions keep the two parts separate to showcase the beauty of each individual story. While Good Wives was initially published as a separate book from Little Women, in 1880 the two volumes were combined into one novel and have been widely published that way ever since. How will the lives of the sisters change as they venture into adulthood? The saga of the March sisters continues - Meg enters wedded bliss, Jo begins her career as a writer, Beth stays home as a companion to her mother, and Amy pursues her artistic endeavors. “Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.”

This edition is available exclusively on my website, but a paperback black and white edition can be purchased on Amazon. This beautiful hardcover edition features original cover art and several full color illustrations of my original paintings. This is the complete and unabridged text of the Part Two of Little Women, Good Wives. Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott with illustrations by Haleigh DeRocher Please message seller to inquire if this item is on backorder. Ready to ship books will ship within one week back-ordered items can take up to one month. Will take 3-4 weeks to ship***īooks are ready to ship, but may be back-ordered if they sell out.

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