{"product_id":"used-hc-little-women","title":"Used - HC, Little Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenerations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is no secret that Alcott based \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with \"woman’s work,” including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the \"girl’s book” her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish date - 1868 - used hardcover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53555307282742,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-3916.heic?v=1767997747","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/used-hc-little-women","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}