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Louisa May Alcott

Gotycka powieść napisana przez Louisę May Alcott, autorkę znaną głównie z Małych kobietek. Akcja powieści toczy się w starym angielskim zamku podczas świątecznego zgromadzenia arystokracji. Głównym bohaterem jest Maurice Treherne, niegdyś energiczny i wpływowy mężczyzna, który po wypadku został częściowo sparaliżowany. Teraz, zepchnięty na margines społeczeństwa, obserwuje rozgrywające się wokół niego dramaty i intrygi. Podczas świątecznego pobytu w zamku ujawniają się mroczne tajemnice z przeszłości, zazdrość, namiętności i zdrady. Maurice, mimo swojego kalectwa, staje się kluczową postacią w rozwiązaniu tajemnicy ducha opata, który nawiedza zamek. Wątki nadprzyrodzone splatają się tu z dramatem psychologicznym, romansami i społeczną analizą.

Eight Cousins. Or, The Aunt-Hill

Louisa May Alcott

Recently orphaned, young Rose Campbell is sent to the Aunt Hill, where Uncle Alex, her six aunts and seven boisterous male cousins live in noisy confusion. For someone who was used to a girls boarding school, it is pretty overwhelming, especially since her guardian Uncle Alex makes her eat healthy things like oatmeal, and tries to get her to give up her pretty dresses for drab, sensible clothes. Much to the horror of her aunts, Roses forward-thinking uncle insists that the child get out of the parlor and into the sunshine. And with a little courage and lots of adventures with her mischievous but loving cousins, Rose begins to bloom. Written by the beloved author of Little Women, Eight Cousins or, The Aunt-Hill is a masterpiece of childrens literature. This endearing novel offers readers of all ages an inspiring story about growing up, making friends, and facing life with strength and kindness.

Flower Fables

Louisa May Alcott

Flower Fables is Louisa May Alcotts first book, penned at 16. She created the fanciful stories for the amusement of the daughter of a family friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Miss Alcott loved and was well acquainted with flowers, insects, birds and animals of the meadows and forest. From these beauties she spun adventures of enchanting natures woodland fairies, telling them to children of friends and others. Each fable has a moral of sorts, a captivating way to inspire children to selfless, gentle, loving behavior. Readers meet a cast of elves, fairies, brownies and sprites with such Shakespearean names as Willy Wisp, Moonbeam and Thistledown, and the children who occasionally dally with them. Thinly disguised morality lessons told in an over-upholstered style, they instruct the audience in the importance of various virtues. This is a nice collection of fairy tales that is sure to please young readers and the adults reading to them alike.

Gwiazdka. Opowieści

Louisa May Alcott

Boże Narodzenie, Gwiazdka, Wigilia - już od samego brzmienia tych słów spływa na nas ukojenie. Chcemy, by tych parę dni w roku było naprawdę cudownych. Potrzebujemy tego, niezależnie od naszych przekonań religijnych. Biały stół, opłatek, prezenty - także pisarze chętnie sięgają po te motywy dodając do znanych symboli swoją wyobraźnię, by świąteczne dni stały się jeszcze piękniejsze.

Gwiazdka. Opowieści ilustrowane

Louisa May Alcott

Boże Narodzenie, Gwiazdka, Wigilia - już od samego brzmienia tych słów spływa na nas ukojenie. Chcemy, by tych parę dni w roku było naprawdę cudownych. Potrzebujemy tego, niezależnie od naszych przekonań religijnych. Biały stół, opłatek, prezenty - także pisarze chętnie sięgają po te motywy dodając do znanych symboli swoją wyobraźnię, by świąteczne dni stały się jeszcze piękniejsze.

Jack and Jill. A Village Story

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott, more famously known for her Little Women series, takes a familiar nursery rhyme and creates a whole novel out of it in one of her last books Jack and Jill: A Village Story. The story follows the lives of two 13-year-old neighbors, Jack and Jill, in the fictional Harmony Village. They go sledding on the first day of the season whereupon their adventurous natures and competitiveness get the better of them. After sledding down a particularly treacherous slope, both are seriously injured. Patience and sweetness of temperament arent Jack and Jills strong suits, and both struggle at times to control their tempers. Luckily they have the influence of their sweet mothers and a group of steadfast friends to show them the virtues of patience and fill their days with the joys of Christmas preparations, a theatrical production and many other imaginative events. As an early forerunner of the tough love philosophy of child rearing, Jack and Jill is indeed an interesting and entertaining read.

Jos Boys and How They Turned Out

Louisa May Alcott

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. Alcotts death, Jos boys follows the lives of the young men readers came to love and cherish in its prequel. In it, we learn the fates of Jos sons Rob and Teddy, along with the other boys at Plumfield Estate School. Each boy must learn to deal with death, love, heartbreak, disappointment and the consequences of their actions. Entertaining, surprising, and overall a joy to read, Jos boys is nevertheless shaded by a bittersweet tone, for with it Alcott brought her wonderful series to an end.

Kittys Class Day and Other Stories

Louisa May Alcott

Originally published under the title Proverb Stories in 1882 by Louisa May Alcott, this collection of sweet stories with a high moral tone includes: Kittys Class Day, Aunt Kipp, Psyches Art, A Country Christmas, On Picket Duty, The Barons Gloves, My Red Cap, and What the Bells Saw and Said. Using different characters in each story, she has portrayed various aspects of life brilliantly. It is a collection with lots of moralistic and didactical ideas. Using proverbs as heading for her stories she has presented profoundly didactic tales. Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist who, in the mid-1860s, wrote passionate, fiery novels and sensational stories. She also produced wholesome stories for children, and after their positive reception, she did not generally return to creating works for adults. Alcott continued to write until her death.