{"product_id":"louisa-may-alcott-work-eight-cousins-rose-in-bloom-stories-other-writings-loa-256","title":"Louisa May Alcott: Work, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Stories \u0026 Other Writings  (LOA #256) (Library of America Louisa May Alcott Edition) (Book:2)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis unique collection includes pioneering feminist novels, rare stories, restored drawings, and hard-to-find writings from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the success of her beloved masterpiece \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e, Louisa May Alcott brought her genius for characterization and eye for detail to a series of revolutionary novels and stories that are remarkable in their forthright assertion of women’s rights. This second volume of The Library of America’s Alcott edition gathers these works for the first time, revealing a fascinating and inspiring dimension of a classic American writer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe first of a trio of novels written over a fruitful three-year period, \u003ci\u003eWork: A Story of Experience\u003c\/i\u003e has been called the adult \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e. It follows the semi-autobiographical story of an orphan named Christie Devon, who, having turned twenty-one, announces “a new Declaration of Independence” and leaves her uncle’s house in order to pursue economic self-sufficiency and to find fulfillment in her profession. Against the backdrop of the Civil War years, Christie works as a servant, actress, governess, companion, seamstress, and army nurse—all jobs that Alcott knew from personal experience—exposing the often insidious ways in which the employments conventionally available to women constrain their self-determination. Alcott’s most overtly feminist novel, \u003ci\u003eWork \u003c\/i\u003ebreaks new ground in the literary representation of women, as its heroine pushes at the boundaries of nineteenth-century expectations and assumptions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEight Cousins\u003c\/i\u003e concerns the education of Rose Campbell, another orphan who, in her delicate nature and frail health, seems to embody many of the stereotypes of girlhood that shaped Alcott’s world. But with the benefit of an unorthodox, progressive education and the good and bad examples of her many crisply drawn relations— especially her seven boy cousins—Rose regains her health and envisions a career both as a wife and mother and as a philanthropist. She insists that she will manage her own fortune rather than find a husband to do it for her in the sequel, \u003ci\u003eRose in Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis Library of America edition includes several noteworthy features. All three novels are presented with beautifully restored line art from the original editions and are supplemented by seven hard-to-find stories and public letters (two restored to print for the first time in more than a century), an authoritative chronology of Alcott’s life, and notes identifying her allusions, quotations, and the autobiographical episodes in her fiction.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50968235147552,"sku":"9781598533064","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781598533064.jpg?v=1764101144","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/louisa-may-alcott-work-eight-cousins-rose-in-bloom-stories-other-writings-loa-256","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}