Louisa May Alcott: 519 books

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Set ten years after ‘Little Men’, ‘Jo’s Boys’ is the final novel in the unofficial series that follows the ups and downs of the March family. The Plumfield boys – including rebellious Dan, sailor...

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott. When Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to a poor family. But there are no happier girls in America than Meg,...

Sixty years ago, up among the New Hampshire hills, lived Farmer Bassett, with a house full of sturdy sons and daughters growing up about him. They were poor in money, but rich in land and love, for the wide acres of wood, corn, and pasture land fed, warmed, and clothed the flock, while mutual patience, affection, and courage made the old farm-house a very happy home.

Christmas is the most famous holiday of the year, and the word itself evokes images of Santa Claus, reindeer, snow, Christmas trees, egg nog and more. At the same time, it represents Christianity's most important event, the birth of the baby Jesus. Instantly, well known Christmas carols ring in your...

Beautiful Meg, tomboy Jo, shy Beth and headstrong Amy are the March sisters four young ladies growing up in America during the Civil War. Their father is away in the army and the three eldest girls must work to help their mother. Meg dreams of owning a luxurious home, while Jo wants to become a famous...

The story of an ambitious woman who wants to achieve financial success at the cost of her relative's integrity. A narrative that shows that true love can conquer all has been presented here. From the beginning the story is captivating and entertaining!

Chapter I - JEAN MUIR "Has she come?" "No, Mamma, not yet." "I wish it were well over. The thought of it worries and excites me. A cushion for my back, Bella." And poor, peevish Mrs. Coventry sank into an easy chair with a nervous sigh and the air of a martyr, while her pretty daughter hovered about...

As grandmothers rummage their piece-bags and bundles in search of gay odds and ends to make gifts with which to fill the little stockings that hang all in a row on Christmas Eve, so I have gathered together some stories, old and new, to amuse the large family that has so rapidly and beautifully grown up about me.

"Here's your breakfast, miss. I hope it's right. Your mother showed me how to fix it, and said I'd find a cup up here." "Take that blue one. I have not much appetite, and can't eat if things are not nice and pretty. I like the flowers. I've been longing for some ever since I saw them last night."

Nelly sat beside her mother picking lint; but while her fingers flew, her eyes often looked wistfully out into the meadow, golden with buttercups, and bright with sunshine. Presently she said, rather bashfully, but very earnestly...

Follow the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civial War. Based upon the author's experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts.

   Table of contents A Cosmopolite in a Cafe At Sea Aunt Kipp Little Bun Rabbit    The Ambitious Guest   The Story Of The Bad Little Boy Vanka   The Body Snatcher   The Mark On The Wall   The Affair at Coulter's Notch   A Cosmopolite in a Cafe by O. Henry     At midnight the cafe was crowded....

"The author of "Little Women" seeks, and not without success, to draw from her "Old-Fashioned Girl" a contrast and a moral. She presents to our view two young ladies of opposite "styles." One is fresh and rural: the other isn't. The difference is about as great as that between the warbling of woodside...

This sparkling sequel to the beloved Little Women follows the grown-up and married Jo, mistress of Plumfield, a school for boys (and a few girls, too). The fun begins with a new arrival, Nat Blake; it is through his eyes that we first meet Plumfield’s lively residents and experience the cheerful...