书目

VintageChildren’sClassics:LittleMen

内容简介

Thesmallhopesandplansandpleasuresofchildrenshouldbetenderlyrespectedbygrown-uppeople，andneverrudelythwartedorridiculed.JofromLittleWomenisnowgrownupandrunningPlumfieldschool-forhertwochildrenandfortwelverescuedorphanboys.WhenNatBlakearrivesattheschool，he'sapprehensiveaboutwhattoexpect，andwaryofthechildrenheencounters.Buttheschoolisnotrunonconventionallines-thechildreneachhaveagardenoftheirowntotend，apettotakecareof，andtheyareencouragedtoexperimentwithrunningtheirownlittlebusinesses.DespiteJo'sbesteffortstoencouragethechildrentobeindividuals，allisnotplainsailing-theboyshaveahabitofgettingthemselvesintoscrapes，andmanyadventuresabound.Abeautifullywritten，wonderfultaleofchildhood，LouisaMayAlcottonceagainprovesherselftobeadefthandatchroniclingthelivesoffamilies，howeverunconventional.

作者简介

LouisaMayAlcottwasbornon29November1832inPennsylvania.HerfatherwasfriendswithRalphWaldoEmersonandHenryThoreau.Alcottstartedsellingstoriesinordertohelpprovidefinancialsupportforherfamily.HerfirstbookwasFlowerFables(1854).SheworkedasanurseduringtheAmericanCivilWarandin1863shepublishedHospitalSketches,whichwasbasedonherexperiences.LittleWomenwaspublishedin1868andwasbasedonherlifegrowingupwithherthreesisters.Shefolloweditwiththreesequels,GoodWives(1869),LittleMen(1871)andJo'sBoys(1886)andshealsowroteotherbooksforbothchildrenandadults.LouisaMayAlcottwasanabolitionistandacampaignerforwomen'srights.Shediedon6March1888.,,

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