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Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys (Collins Classics) Kindle Edition

by Louisa May Alcott (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 460 ratings
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

Little Men is the delightful unofficial sequel to Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, reprising the much-cherished characters of the March family and friends, as well as some unforgettable new ones.

The warm-hearted and fiesty Jo March returns (now as Jo Bhaer) and, together with husband Friedrich and the inheritance of an estate from Aunt March, opens Plumfield Estate, an unconventional school based on individuality and diversity. Jo’s own boys, a number of rescued orphans, and her nieces are all encouraged to be kind, helpful, and self-sufficient, tending their own gardens and running their own businesses. Fun and learning go hand in hand, and pillow fights are even permitted on Saturdays.

Personal relationships are key to the school, as well as to the novel, and the lovable characters get up to plenty of scrapes and adventures, but in the end, even the troublesome among them find redemption in the love and support of the extended March family.

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  1. Reading age
    10 years and up
  2. Print length
    369 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    William Collins
  5. Publication date
    May 9, 2013
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  10. ISBN-13
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Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) was brought up in Pennsylvania, USA. She turned to writing in order to supplement the family income and had many short stories published in magazines and newspapers. Then, in 1862, during the height of the American Civil War, Louisa went to Georgetown to work as a nurse, but she contracted typhoid. Out of her experiences she wrote Hospital Sketches (1864) which won wide acclaim, followed by an adult novel, Moods. She was reluctant to write a children's book but then realized that in herself and her three sisters she had the perfect models. The result was Little Women (1868) which became the earliest American children's novel to become a classic

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BS07HW0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Collins; UK ed. edition (May 9, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 9, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1029 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 369 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 460 ratings

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    Louisa May Alcott was both an abolitionist and a feminist. She is best known for Little Women (1868), a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood years with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Alcott, unlike Jo, never married: "... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man." She was an advocate of women's suffrage and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Massachusetts.

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    A founder and former director of Small Press Traffic, Kevin Killian was a hidden favorite of gay literary San Francisco. He was the author of many books including the PEN award-winning Little Men(1996), I Cry Like a Baby (2001), Shy (1989), Arctic Summer (1997), Spread Eagle (2010), Bedrooms Have Windows (1989), and Action Kylie (2008), a collection of poems inspired by Kylie Minogue. He co-wrote the Jack Spicer biography, Poet Be Like God (1998) and co-edited several volumes of Spicer's work, includingMy Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer (2008). With his wife Dodie Bellamy, he edited the long-running poetry zine, Mirage/Periodical. His work has been widely anthologized and has appeared in, among others,Best American Poetry1988 (ed. John Ashbery), and Discontents (ed. Dennis Cooper). Impossible Princesswon the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Erotic Fiction. Kevin Killian died on June 15th, 2019.

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Martha Hund
5.0 out of 5 stars Wholesome story
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2023
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I enjoy Louise May Alcott's books. She writes wholesome stories with morals woven throughout. The books entertaining and captures my attention.
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Ashley
5.0 out of 5 stars You won't want to hide this on a shelf!
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2017
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First off, this book is GORGEOUS. I already have two copies of Little Men, but when I saw this, I HAD to buy it! Totally worth every penny!! I love the design, the colors, the texture, and of COURSE Louisa May Alcott's beautiful writing. This is literature. This story is so beautiful and Jo’s example makes me want to be a better mother to my boys. Buy this book!!
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BethanyS
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book, great story
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2022
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My son (10) and I both love Little Men. I read it after reading Little Women and I love reading about Jo as a mother and mentor. She makes me want to imitate her in her laid back but emotionally attached with high expectations parenting. My son loves it for all the fun and funny stories and the boys’ antics. It reads more like a collection of stories about their lives…there’s no big plot twists or rising climax, just a fun, inspiring book for both kids and adults.
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Martha
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read, ignore the typos
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2019
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Ah, this edition of Little Men has some very odd typos in it. At first I thought the characters were misspeaking or speaking very oddly, only to realize it was just typos. Eh. I got over it. The first edition I ordered had such a strange text layout (background color was not white...no way to choose or change it!) I had to return it. The typos were ok, given the overall quality of the text was good.

The story is good, possibly not as compelling as Little Women, but I'm left wanting to know what happens in the lives of "Jo's Boys," so that will obviously be the next read!
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Carlotta
5.0 out of 5 stars Can motivate childeren to do good
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2017
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This book has a lot of moral lessons that can encourage children to do the right thing. Each character in the book has something a child can relate to, for there are many characters described in the book. Especially Dan, one of the main characters, who was a bully through out half the book. A little bit of comedy, a couple morals, can really motivate a child to change into a new light. This book deserves five stars.

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Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars Charming
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2022
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A charming book. Shipping was fast and it came in excellent condition.
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Sharon B
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought it for grandson's reading program.
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2018
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We have a reading program for our grandchildren. We offer monetary incentives for extra curricular reading of selected books. Encouraging them to expand their knowledge of classics and success principles. At the same time we try to keep book cost down. He is enjoying the reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Noice
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2020
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This was a nice story, but it was incredibly sexist. Well, that’s reasonable given when the story was written. Louisa May Alcott was fairly liberated for the 1800s.
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Ana L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely edition
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2024
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A lovely edition, quite small in size but with big handwriting.
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Doris D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Canada on January 25, 2020
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Arrived on time , great book , great price ..
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Shilpi Gupta
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on July 3, 2017
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Loved this classic, just as much as Louisa's Little Women.
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Silvia. P
4.0 out of 5 stars Entrañable
Reviewed in Spain on August 25, 2017
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Ésta continuación de Mujercitas me ha gustado mucho. Tengo que reconocer que me ha costado un poco leerlo, mi inglés no es muy bueno y ha dificultado su lectura. Es un libro entrañable que tiene episodios divertidos y otros un poco más tristes. He echado de menos más presencia de las hermanas March que están en un segundo plano ya que los verdaderos protagonistas de la historia son los chicos que Jo tiene a su cargo en la escuela.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and beautifully written classic fictitious for all ages
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2022
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I thoroughly enjoyed this wonderfully written classic work of fiction would recommend for all ages
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