検索キーワード： 著者 "Louisa May Alcott" すべてのカテゴリー

Dopo una spedizione in Egitto con il suo collega Professor Niles, Paul Forsyth torna dalla sua fidanzata Evelyn con una misteriosa scatola di semi scarlatti. La avverte che la storia della loro origine la perseguiterà, ma l'ingenua curiosità della ragazza prevale, e Forsyth inizia suo malgrado a raccontare. Non sa che è già troppo tardi e che forze oscure sono all'opera per portare a termine una terribile maledizione.

Una Alcott come non l'avete ancora mai conosciuta in questi cinque racconti gotici e dell'orrore, dove mistero ed inganno fanno da sfondo alle passioni più scabrose. Attraverso storie di eredità maledette, ville infestate e giochi pericolosi, l'autrice di "Piccole donne" arriva a sondare i luoghi più remoti dell'animo umano, dimostrando la sua maestria nella sua interezza.

Quando gli ospiti di un ricco pic-nic organizzato per l'alta società si lamentano di essere annoiati, un dottore, anch'egli parte del gruppo, offre a tutti delle caramelle alla cannabis molto forti con la promessa di un divertimento smisurato. In realtà il suo obbiettivo è quello di stordire gli uomini e potersi approfittare delle ragazze presenti, una su tutte la dolce Belle.

Ambientato in Inghilterra durante l'età vittoriana, questo thriller psicologico ricco di suspense racconta le vicissitudini della ricca famiglia Coventry in seguito all'arrivo di una giovane donna di nome Jean Muir, assunta come istitutrice della sedicenne Bella. Jean si mostra come una ragazza dall'aria ingenua e gentile, ma allo stesso tempo porta con sé un'aura di mistero che attira da subito la curiosità dei giovani rampolli di casa e insospettisce gli osservatori più attenti.

"Юность Розы" - повесть Луизы Мэй Олкотт, знаменитой американской писательницы, автора романа "Маленькие женщины", жанр детская литература, зарубежная классика.

B.J. Harrison reads Louisa May Alcotts famous novella "Behind a Mask", which is widely considered to be Alcotts masterpiece in sensation fiction. A wealthy Victorian-era family recruits Jean Muir as sixteen-year-old Bellas governess. But soon enough, Jean Muir appears to have everyone under her spell, and to have the power to do everything as she pleases. This novella from the late 19th century was initially published under Louisa May Alcotts pseudonym A. M. Barnard...

As the curtain falls on the March family's tale, we revisit the Plumfield clan 10 years later, all grown up and finding their way through life's adventures and misadventures.

Are you a poetry lover? Are you a true romantic at heart? Then, this Female Romantic Poetry Anthology with Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson, Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Dorothy Wordsworth (Romanticism and Women Poets Collection) is for you! The poems are read in a slow cadence and would be suitable for relaxation, bedtime, sleep, or ASMR. Let your love of poetry comes to life with these beautiful poems!

Dans une petite ville du Massachusetts, durant la guerre de Sécession, une famille modeste, quatre jeunes sœurs et leur mère, guette avec inquiétude chaque lettre du père parti au front. Mais rien ne peut arrêter la jeunesse, et la vie continue à façonner les destinées de Meg, l'aînée pragmatique, Jo, la romancière en herbe féministe avant l'heure, la douce Beth à la santé fragile et la frivole Amy.

A relevant work as we try to find light in these challenging times, famed author of Little Women (1868) Louisa May Alcott wrote this collection of fairy tales for her childhood friend, Ellen Emerson. Flower Fables was, in fact, her very first publication.

Под сиренями - повесть Луизы Мэй Олкотт, знаменитой американской писательницы, автора романа "Маленькие женщины", жанр детская литература, зарубежная классика.

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was a novelist, short story writer and poet. The novel Little Women (1868) remains a beloved classic of children’s literature today. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters, the narrative follows the lives of the four March sisters, chronicling their passage from childhood to womanhood. "Cousin Tribulation's Story" is a short story about a family who wake up on Christmas morning to a sumptuous breakfast. Then they hear of an immigrant family with a sick mother who have nothing to eat.

Роза и семь братьев - повесть Луизы Мэй Олкотт, знаменитой американской писательницы, автора романа Маленькие женщины, жанр детская литература, зарубежная классика. Тринадцатилетняя Розы Кэмпбелл теряет родителей и попадает в многочисленную семью своих родственников.

Продолжение историй о "Маленьких женщинах" и "Хороших женах". Одна из сестер Марч, писательница Джо, выходит замуж за профессора Фридриха Баэра. Они решают открыть частную школу для мальчиков. В ней царят довольно вольные правила поведения, однако воспитанники - такие разные по характеру и взглядам на жизнь....

La pequeña Betty es una niña risueña y cariñosa que vive en el bosque en una vieja cabaña con su padre y su vaca Daisy, y todas las aves del bosque son sus amigas. La gente del reino cree que es un duende por su aspecto, y porque siempre se esconde cuando ve llegar a desconocidos. Un día se entera por unos pajaritos de que la princesa que vive en el palacio cercano quiere conocer al famoso duende, y Betty decide que en esta ocasión no huirá. Pronto ambas niñas entablan una amistad que cambiará sus vidas para siempre.

Louisa May Alcott nació en Germantown, Pensilvania, USA, el 29 de noviembre de 1832.

Following her critically acclaimed narration of Little Women Part One, narrator Anne Undeland picks up the story from where it left off with Good Wives aka Little Women Part Two. Three years after the curtain closed on the first book, we're brought back into the March family fold, opening with Meg’s wedding. No longer little girls dreaming of “castles in the air”, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are now young women, each with her own share of joy and heartache, and each with her own path to forge.

Little Women is a novel by the short story writer and novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), who was also an abolitionist and a feminist. Little Women was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869 and is still a popular children's novel. The setting is an imaginary household based on her own residence in Massachusetts, while the characters are modeled on the author and her sisters. The story takes place during the Civil War. The narrative chronicles the lives of the four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - from childhood to motherhood.

Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women; Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (the first of four books) gives us the March sisters in one evanescent year, from Christmas to Christmas, as they dance back and forth on the delicate, tender line between childhood and adulthood. This delightful recording is followed by a fascinating conversation between Anne Undeland and Alison Larkin about Louisa May Alcott’s feminist beginnings and why the famous story is still beloved today. And "Happy Women", an essay Louisa May Alcott wrote for Valentine’s Day 1868.

The short story, "An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving" by Louisa May Alcott first appeared in the collection Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag. Set in New Hampshire in the 1800s, it is a simple, yet charming story of a family Thanksgiving in an earlier, more innocent time. When their parents are called away to visit a sick relative, the girls try to put together a Thanksgiving dinner all on their own. Of course a few things go wrong, as this is the first time the children cook such a big dinner, but ultimately, all turns out well, and there’s much to be thankful for.