HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.’In mid-nineteenth-century Massachusetts, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March continue to encounter both joys and sorrows along life’s path, as they journey into womanhood both close to home and further away. The highs and lows of the four young women’s lives are shared with each other, and supported by the bond of their sisterhood.This second part of ‘Little Women’ – sometimes published in a single volume – contains all the warmth and charm for which Louisa May Alcott’s writing is universally admired.
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Луиза Мэй Олкотт. Good Wives
GOOD WIVES. Louisa May Alcott
Copyright
History of Collins
Life & Times. About the Author
CHAPTER 1. Gossip
CHAPTER 2. The First Wedding
CHAPTER 3. Artistic Attempts
CHAPTER 4. Literary Lessons
CHAPTER 5. Domestic Experiences
CHAPTER 6. Calls
CHAPTER 7. Consequences
CHAPTER 8. Our Foreign Correspondent
CHAPTER 9. Tender Troubles
CHAPTER 10. Jo’s Journal
CHAPTER 11. A Friend
CHAPTER 12. Heartache
CHAPTER 13. Beth’s Secret
CHAPTER 14. New Impressions
CHAPTER 15. On the Shelf
CHAPTER 16. Lazy Laurence
CHAPTER 17. The Valley of the Shadow
CHAPTER 18. Learning to Forget
CHAPTER 19. All Alone
CHAPTER 20. Surprises
CHAPTER 21. My Lord and Lady
CHAPTER 22. Daisy and Demi
CHAPTER 23. Under the Umbrella
CHAPTER 24. Harvest Time
CLASSIC LITERATURE: WORDS AND PHRASES adapted from the Collins English Dictionary
About the Publisher
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In 1819, millworker William Collins from Glasgow, Scotland, set up a company for printing and publishing pamphlets, sermons, hymn books, and prayer books. That company was Collins and was to mark the birth of HarperCollins Publishers as we know it today. The long tradition of Collins dictionary publishing can be traced back to the first dictionary William published in 1824, Greek and English Lexicon. Indeed, from 1840 onwards, he began to produce illustrated dictionaries and even obtained a licence to print and publish the Bible.
Soon after, William published the first Collins novel, Ready Reckoner; however, it was the time of the Long Depression, where harvests were poor, prices were high, potato crops had failed, and violence was erupting in Europe. As a result, many factories across the country were forced to close down and William chose to retire in 1846, partly due to the hardships he was facing.
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“Mother and I are going to wait for John. There are some last things to settle,” said Meg, bustling away.
“Beth and I are going over to Kitty Bryant’s to get more flowers for to-morrow,” added Amy, tying a picturesque hat over her picturesque curls, and enjoying the effect as much as anybody.
