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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393072193

ISBN-139780393072198

eBay Product ID (ePID)208579321

Product Key Features

Book TitleAnnotated Little Women

Number of Pages744 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicClassics, General, Coming of Age, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), People & Places / United States / General

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Fiction

AuthorLouisa May. ALCOTT

Book SeriesThe Annotated Bks.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight76.2 Oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width0.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-017678

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews[John] Matteson, who won the Pulitzer for his biography of Alcott and her father, brings all his knowledge to bear on this behemoth edition of the novel, brimming over with artifacts and sidebars that attempt to illuminate this classic novel without defining it., Like other Norton Annotated Classics, The Annotated Little Women offers a bridge from nostalgia to a deeper understanding of the work, balancing Matteson's introduction, annotations and lengthy biographical essay with an inviting array of illustrations, photographs and color movie stills.

Grade FromEleventh Grade

Series Volume Number0

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal813/.4

SynopsisSince its publication in 1868-69, Little Women , perhaps America's most beloved children's classic, has been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. It has been translated into more than fifty languages and inspired six films, four television shows, a Broadway musical, an opera, and a web series. This lavish, four-color edition features over 220 curated illustrations, including stills from the films, stunning art by Norman Rockwell, and iconic illustrations by children's-book illustrators Alice Barber Stevens, Frank T. Merrill, and Jessie Wilcox Smith. Renowned Alcott scholar John Matteson brings his expertise to the book, to the March family it creates, and to the Alcott family who inspired it all. Through numerous photographs taken in the Alcott family home expressly for this edition--elder daughter Anna's wedding dress, the Alcott sisters' theater costumes, sister May's art, and Abba Alcott's recipe book--readers discover the extraordinary links between the real and the fictional family. Matteson's annotations evoke the once-used objects and culture of a distant but still-relevant time, from the horse-drawn carriages to the art Alcott carefully placed in her story to references to persons little known today. His brilliant introductory essays examine Little Women 's pivotal place in children's literature and tell the story of Alcott herself--a tale every bit as captivating as her fiction., The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Louisa May Alcott illuminates the world of Little Women and its author., Since its publication in 1868-69, Little Women, perhaps America's most beloved children's classic, has been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. It has been translated into more than fifty languages and inspired six films, four television shows, a Broadway musical, an opera, and a web series. This lavish, four-color edition features over 220 curated illustrations, including stills from the films, stunning art by Norman Rockwell, and iconic illustrations by children's-book illustrators Alice Barber Stevens, Frank T. Merrill, and Jessie Wilcox Smith. Renowned Alcott scholar John Matteson brings his expertise to the book, to the March family it creates, and to the Alcott family who inspired it all. Through numerous photographs taken in the Alcott family home expressly for this edition-elder daughter Anna's wedding dress, the Alcott sisters' theater costumes, sister May's art, and Abba Alcott's recipe book-readers discover the extraordinary links between the real and the fictional family. Matteson's annotations evoke the once-used objects and culture of a distant but still-relevant time, from the horse-drawn carriages to the art Alcott carefully placed in her story to references to persons little known today. His brilliant introductory essays examine Little Women's pivotal place in children's literature and tell the story of Alcott herself-a tale every bit as captivating as her fiction.

LC Classification NumberPS1017.L5 2015