Little women : an annotated edition / Louisa May Alcott ; edited by Daniel Shealy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.

Contributor:

Shealy, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

March family (Fictitious characters)--Fiction.

March family (Fictitious characters).

Mothers and daughters--Fiction.

Mothers and daughters.

Young women--Fiction.

Young women.

Sisters--Fiction.

Sisters.

New England--Fiction.

New England.

Genre:

Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Autobiographical fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Physical Description:

xiii, 614 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.

Summary:

"In this richly annotated, illustrated edition, Daniel Shealy illuminates the novel's deep engagement with issues such as social equality, reform movements, the Civil War, friendship, love, loss, and of course the passage into adulthood. The editor provides running commentary on biographic contexts, social and historical contexts, literary allusions, and words likely to cause difficulty to modern readers. With Shealy as a guide, we appreciate anew the confusions and difficulties that beset the March sisters as they overcome their burdens and journey toward maturity and adulthood. This edition examines the novel's central question: How does one grow up well?-- ǂc Book jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Schneidman Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780674059719 ;