Little Women by Louisa May Alcott audiobook

Little Women

By Louisa May Alcott
Read by C. M. Hébert

Blackstone Publishing, Blackstone Publishing

The Little Women Series: Book 1

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781441744173

  • ISBN: 9781441744159

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  • ISBN: 9781441744210

Runtime: 18.99 Hours
Category: Fiction/Classics
Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Language: English

Summary

Summary

This favorite book for children, based on the author’s own youthful experiences, describes the life of the March family in a small New England community in the 1800s.

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March are raised in genteel poverty by their loving mother while their father serves as chaplain during the American Civil War. Jo at fifteen is ungainly, unconventional, and enterprising, with an ambition to be an author. Meg, a year older, is pretty and wishes to be a lady. Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music. Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve.

The story explores their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family’s small income, their friendship with the neighboring Laurence family, and their later love affairs and destinies as women.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“C. M. Hébert reads the story with the gentle affection and conviction one imagines in Jo March as she reads to her elderly aunt. Her characterizations receive a light touch, distinguishing each sister from the others without actually performing. Hébert allows her amusement and sadness to show at appropriate moments but maintains an overall detachment from the text that suits its soft formality to perfection.” AudioFile
“A delightful novel of simplicity and family. It is a superb novel for adults to share with their children and a delightful retreat for adults who want to leave the 21st century for a few minutes or hours.” Suite 101.com

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Author

Author Bio: Louisa May Alcott

Author Bio: Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Educated by her father until she was sixteen, she also studied under Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Theodore Parker. A prolific writer, her most famous work was Little Women, a timeless American classic.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD, Playaway
Category: Fiction/Classics
Runtime: 18.99
Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Language: English