Little Men (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)

Alcott, Louisa May; Merrill, Frank [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 1857159403 / ISBN 13: 9781857159400

Published by Gardners Books, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Little Men (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
• Publisher: Gardners Books
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857159403
• ISBN 13: 9781857159400
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Weight: 27 ounces

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Synopsis

Written as a sequel to Little Women, and as a tribute to the teaching theories of Alcott''s father, the s tory is set in a school in Plumfield, run by Jo and her Germ an husband. The novel charts the reactions of the children t o their teaching methods. '

From the Back Cover

Jo March, the tomboy heroine of Little Women, has grown up! She returns in this beloved sequel as a young woman with a family of her own. Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer, open their hearts (and their home) to educate and care for a handful of rowdy yet well-meaning youngsters.
Plumfield, the school where the boys learn "how to help themselves and be useful men," has a spirited student body that includes—in addition to the Bhaers' two sons—Nat, an orphaned street musician, cold and frightened when he first appears at the Bhaers' door; business-minded Tommy; Dan, a "wild boy" eventually tamed by love and kindness; and other endearing little mischief-makers.
Outside the classroom, the boys rush headlong from one prank to another—from playing matador with the family cow to nearly setting the school afire with a smoldering cigar stub. But in the end, they prove to have a positive effect on the lives of the entire Bhaer family.