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Marjorie's Three Gifts
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This 1899 volume contains American author Louisa May Alcott’s short stories “Marjorie's Three Gifts” and “Roses and Forget-me-nots”. “Marjorie's Three Gifts” is the tale of a 12-year-old girl called Marjorie who years for about happiness, wealth, and a handsome prince. However, on her journey to attain these things, she encounters some rather unusual people who show her how to appreciate her current circumstances. “Roses and Forget-me-nots” focuses on an orphan named Lizzie who together with spoilt and wealthy girl called Belle embarks on a voyage into adulthood. Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888) was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet most famous for writing the novel “Little Women”, as well as its sequels “Little Men” and “Jo's Boys”. She grew up in New England and became associated with numerous notable intellectuals of her time, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Henry David Thoreau. Other notable works by this author include: "An Old-Fashioned Girl" (1886), "Eight Cousins" (1869), and "A Long Fatal Love Chase" (1875). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.
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Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott was a 19th-century American novelist best known for her novel, Little Women, as well as its well-loved sequels, Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women is renowned as one of the very first classics of children’s literature, and remains a popular masterpiece today.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Two quite short books in one volume in Kindle form which I read on a flight. The first features a 12-year-old girl called Marjorie who daydreams about wealth, happiness and a handsome prince, then finds herself meeting some unusual people (real or imaginary) who help her appreciate her circumstances better. Evidently a moral tale about being grateful and working hard, but nicely done. The same is true of the second book, 'Roses', which features the orphan Lizzie who struggles to survive, who meets the spoilt and wealthy Belle both in childhood and as they embark on adulthood. Contrasts are made without too much author explanation, and again the focus is on hard work and being thankful.They were good books to read on a flight, and I'd recommend them to children from about ten or older who like reading this kind of book; set at the end of the 19th century it's inevitably dated, but the characters shine through anyway.
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