The Quiet Little Woman
by Louisa May Alcott
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In "The Quiet Little Woman" a lonely orphan girl named Patty, desires only for a family to love her. When a family finally does come for Patty, she learns it is because they need a servant. But it happens that there is one person who cares about Patty, whose life will soon change forever. Written as a gift to five earnest fans of "Little Women", this Louisa May Alcott Christmas story has become a holiday classic.Tags
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How depressing. Well, I suppose it was the best situation she'd been in yet - but given that her previous situations were unwanted orphan and un-cared-for servant girl, that's not a very high bar to clear. So now she's a slightly-cared-for servant girl...no expectation of ever having her own place, or her own family, she's just an appurtenance to the family. She might even achieve Loyal Family Servant someday - as I said, depressing. And the worst part is how this is celebrated as an achievement, a glorious position for her to have reached...poor girl.
Louisa May Alcott's Lost Christmas Treasure. "If someone would only come and take me away! I'm so tired of living here I don't think I can bear it much longer," Patty cries. Patty's life in an orphanage is a dark world with little hope, beauty, or love. Even after a family finally does come for Patty, it is only because they need a servant. But there is one person who does care about Patty. And soon Patty's life will never be the same!Honor Books is pleased to present Louisa May Alcott's newly discovered literary treasure as a book publishing first!In the 1870s, Louisa May Alcott made friends with five earnest fans of her best-selling Little Women. The young Lukens girls had written to Miss Alcott telling her that they were so inspired show more by the examples of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, that they, too, were launching their own literary publication.Soon the Lukens girls received a very special gift-a Christmas story from Miss Alcott about a lonely orphan girl who finds a family to love her. Following its publication, the story stayed in an old magazine until many years later, a reader chanced upon it. Now its available to Alcott fans once again, released by Honor Books for the very first time as a stand-alone volume.You will cherish this enchanting tale filled with quiet moral lessons in which orphan Patty finds her heart's desire . . . and you will find heartwarming inspiration for filling your own life with more love. show less
three enchanting Christmas stories.
You will cherish this enchanting tale filled with quiet, moral lessons in which orphan Patty find her heart's desire...and you will find heartwarming inspriation for filling your own life with more love.
You will cherish this enchanting tale filled with quiet, moral lessons in which orphan Patty find her heart's desire...and you will find heartwarming inspriation for filling your own life with more love.
Three short stories. Enchanting
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Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832. Two years later, she moved with her family to Boston and in 1840 to Concord, which was to remain her family home for the rest of her life. Her father, Bronson Alcott, was a transcendentalist and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Alcott early realized that her show more father could not be counted on as sole support of his family, and so she sacrificed much of her own pleasure to earn money by sewing, teaching, and churning out potboilers. Her reputation was established with Hospital Sketches (1863), which was an account of her work as a volunteer nurse in Washington, D.C. Alcott's first works were written for children, including her best-known Little Women (1868--69) and Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (1871). Moods (1864), a "passionate conflict," was written for adults. Alcott's writing eventually became the family's main source of income. Throughout her life, Alcott continued to produce highly popular and idealistic literature for children. An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Eight Cousins (1875), Rose in Bloom (1876), Under the Lilacs (1878), and Jack and Jill (1881) enjoyed wide popularity. At the same time, her adult fiction, such as the autobiographical novel Work: A Story of Experience (1873) and A Modern Mephistopheles (1877), a story based on the Faust legend, shows her deeper concern with such social issues as education, prison reform, and women's suffrage. She realistically depicts the problems of adolescents and working women, the difficulties of relationships between men and women, and the values of the single woman's life. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Quiet Little Woman Patty stood at the window looking thoughtfully down at a group of girls playing in the yard below.
Tilly's Christmas"I'm so glad tomorrow is Christmas because I'm going to have lots of presents," said Kate, glowing with anticipation.
Rosa's Tale Now, I believe everyone has had a Christmas present and a good time. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Quiet Little Woman "...I'm trying to think how I can deserve it, and smiling because it's so beautiful, and I'm so happy," answered Patty, looking up at her first friend with full eyes and a glad glance that made her lovely.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Tilly's Christmas And Tilly's bird was a Christmas angel, for by the love and tenderness she gave to the helpless little creature, she brought good gifts to herself, happiness to an unknown benefactor, and the faithful friendship of a little friend who did not fly away, but stayed with her until the snow as gone, making summer for her in the wintertime.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Rosa's Tale What more could any reasonable horse desire?
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