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Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
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Eight Cousins or The Aunt-Hill

by Louisa May Alcott

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Whitman Publishing (1940), Hardcover

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Rose Campbell is fragile and delicate, in mourning for her recently dead parents and about as far from "boisterous" as a girl can get. Enter her 7 boy cousins, all of them the epitome of "boisterous." Rose's Uncle Alec encourages her to play with her cousins, and soon she is running all over the place, with no time time for being delicate and fragile.

I loved this book because I always wanted older brothers, and since I didn't have them I always loved that Rose had 7 boy cousins who were like brothers to her. I loved all the boys' personalities and how they loved Rose and wanted to play with her. ( )
molliewatts | Jul 7, 2009 | 1 vote
First of all, this was a first edition with wonderful illustrations. Secondly, I am a total sucker for Louisa May Alcott. Her stories are such parable, and so sweet. I don't want to hear that she is out of date or idealistic or gender biased. The story brought back warm memories of reading "Little Women", "Jo's Boys", and "Little Men" as a young teenager. ( )
hemlokgang | Feb 20, 2009 |  
I loved this book. It was another of those fairy tale stories with dead parents and being raised by an uncle and a bunch of male cousins. It has a very good moral about lack of vanity and doing good [Phoebe is the maid as well as best friend]. Highly reccomended for tweens. I liked it much better than LITTLE WOMEN ( )
annekiwi | Jan 14, 2009 |  
I listened to this via a librivox recording. It was a nice story of an orphan taken care of by a large family. I enjoyed Rose's character and admired her uncle. I liked that fact that the influence of girls on others was explored. ( )
tjsjohanna | Jul 9, 2008 |  
This story of Rose, Phebe, Uncle Alex and all the aunts and cousins stands out in 19thC literature for the jabs it pokes at women's education, societal expectations, medical treatment and social prejudices and practices. Uncle Alex and his loving "experiments" with Rose show us the family love and the family pressures put on young women and alternative thinkers even as we experience old New England. I re-read this every Christmas as a present to myself. ( )
maiadeb | Jun 12, 2008 |  
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To the many boys and girls whose letters it has been impossible to answer, this book is dedicated as a peace offering by their friend L.M. Alcott
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Rose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected.
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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0140374566, Paperback)

Life with seven boy cousins isn't quite what Rose expected. Left an orphan after her father's death, Rose Campbell is sent to live at the "Aunt Hill" with her six aunts and seven rowdy boy cousins. For someone who is used to a girl's boarding school, it all seems pretty overwhelming. Her guardian, Uncle Alec, makes her eat healthy things like oatmeal, and even tries to get her to give up her pretty dresses for drab, sensible clothes. Will Rose ever get used to her uncle's crazy notions and all her noisy relatives? Complete and unabridged.

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