{"product_id":"little-women-150th-anniversary-annotated-edition-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"Little Women: 150th-Anniversary Annotated Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouisa May Alcott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatti Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eAnne Boyd Rioux\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful new Deluxe Edition of Alcott's beloved novel, with a foreword by National Book Award-winning author and musician Patti Smith. Nominated as one of America's most-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e is recognized as one of the best-loved classic children's stories, transcending the boundaries of time and age, making it as popular with adults as it is with young readers. The beloved story of the March girls is a classic American feminist novel, reflecting the tension between cultural obligation and artistic and personal freedom. But which of the four March sisters to love best? For every reader must have their favorite. Independent, tomboyish Jo; delicate, loving Beth; pretty, kind Meg; or precocious and artistic Amy, the baby of the family? The charming story of these four \"little women\" and their wise and patient mother Marmee enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England was an instant success when first published in 1868 and has been adored for generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisa May Alcott \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832, the second of four daughters of Abigail May Alcott and Bronson Alcott, the prominent Transcendentalist thinker and social reformer. Raised in Concord, Massachusetts, and educated by her father, Alcott early on came under the influence of the great men of his circle: Emerson, Hawthorne, the preacher Theodore Parker, and Thoreau. From her youth, Louisa worked at various tasks to help support her family: sewing, teaching, domestic service, and writing. In 1862, she volunteered to serve as an army nurse in a Union hospital during the Civil War-- an experience that provided her material for her first successful book, \u003ci\u003eHospital Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e (1863). Between 1863 and 1869, she published several anonymous and pseudonymous Gothic romances and lurid thrillers. But fame came with the publication of her \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1868- 69), a novel based on the childhood adventures of the four Alcott sisters, which received immense popular acclaim and brought her financial security as well as the conviction to continue her career as a writer. In the wake of \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e's popularity, she brought out \u003ci\u003eAn Old- Fashioned Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (1870), \u003ci\u003eLittle Men\u003c\/i\u003e(1871), \u003ci\u003eEight Cousins\u003c\/i\u003e (1875), \u003ci\u003eRose in Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e (1876), \u003ci\u003eJo's Boys\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), and other books for children, as well as two adult novels, \u003ci\u003eMoods\u003c\/i\u003e (1864) and \u003ci\u003eWork\u003c\/i\u003e (1873). An active participant in the women's suffrage and temperance movements during the last decade of her life, Alcott died in Boston in 1888, on the day her father was buried.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary merging of poetry and rock. She has released twelve albums, including \u003ci\u003eHorses, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich has been hailed as one of the top one hundred albums of all time by \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. Smith had her first exhibit of drawings at the Gotham Book Mart in 1973 and has been represented by the Robert Miller Gallery since 1978. Her books include \u003ci\u003eM Train\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust Kids, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the National Book Award in 2010, \u003ci\u003eWītt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBabel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoolgathering\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Coral Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAuguries of Innocence. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2005, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Smith the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, the highest honor given to an artist by the French Republic. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Smith married the musician Fred Sonic Smith in Detroit in 1980. They had a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Jesse. Smith resides in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Boyd Rioux\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of New Orleans and the author\/editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eMeg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters\u003c\/i\u003e (Norton, 2018). The recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, one for public scholarship, she writes reviews and essays for general and academic audiences, specializing in women writers.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.39 x 8.37 x 5.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51996743303469,"sku":"9780143106654","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/b0x4YTFIRnpTN0drNEJKd0hXSUZZQT09.webp?v=1776444602","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/little-women-150th-anniversary-annotated-edition-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}