Amy will eventually reject Fred, knowing she does not love him and deciding not to marry out of ambition. Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. A Character of One's Own: The Perils of Female Authorship in the Young Adult Novel from Alcott to Birdsall". In Radio City Music Hall the film was "breaking box-office records" in the fall of 1933, and Hepburn received top billing.

Their devoted mother Marmee, recently impoverished, must care for them alone whilst their father is away serving as a chaplain in the Civil War. According to 21st-century critic Barbara Sicherman there was, during the 19th century, a "scarcity of models for nontraditional womanhood", which led more women to look toward "literature for self-authorization. In contrast, Bronson Alcott was very present in his family's household, due in part to his inability to find steady work.Collected worldwide, each of our bindings are meticulously crafted by hand; an intricate procedure with dozens of steps taking several hours. THICK BROWN RED Bevelled DECORATED CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT WITH LITE EDGEWEAR, GOLD GILT PGS OUTE4R EDGES, SOME Interior MILD Foxing, Publ 'Tyler' ceased to be a partner of 'Ward, Lock' in 1873.

A year goes by without much success; later Aunt March dies and leaves her large estate Plumfield to Jo, who marries Friedrich and turns the house into a school. Some wear to the gilt on "tt" in "Little" on the cover, and wear to gilt on publisher's name on spine, but overall gilt is rather bright. Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters in a deluxe hardcover edition, with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co. Readers have rooted for Laurie in his pursuit of Jo's hand, cried over little Beth's death, and dreamed of travelling through Europe with old Aunt March and Amy.Little Women became "the paradigmatic text for young women of the era and one in which family literary culture is prominently featured.