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Puffin Classics Special Collection

Puffin Classics Special Collection

by Louisa May ; Burnett Alcott (Author)

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    Hardcover 2008

    $3.44
Synopsis

This title offers a Puffin Classics slipcase for girls containing Little Women , A Little Princess , and The Secret Garden .

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Format: Hardcover
 Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 01 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 0141325151
ISBN 13: 9780141325156
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Author Bio
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Manchester. She had a very poor upbringing and used to escape from the horror of her surroundings by writing stories. In 1865 her family emigrated to the USA where she married and became the successful author of many children's books including Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess. 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.