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适读人群 :6-9岁 《小妇人》是一部穿越百年的成长经典,美国十九世纪最令人瞩目的女作家奥尔科特的代表作。有“美国最优秀的家庭小说”之称,被美国国会图书馆评为世界最畅销的优秀作品之一!
内容简介
The four March sisters--Meg, Amy, Beth, and feisty Jo--share the joys and sorrows of growing up while their father is away at war. The family is poor in worldly goods, but rich in love and character.
《小妇人》讲述了马奇家的四姐妹——乔、梅格、艾美、贝思个性不同,然而个个都是生活的艺术家。圣诞节之际,她们都努力想做个好女孩,当然,她们并不总是成功,欢笑和眼泪交替出现在她们快乐的生活中。新的一年里有很多麻烦和困难,然而,四个天使般的“小妇人”用她们的梦想与执着装点着各自的生活……
作者简介
Louisa May Alcott was born in 1832 in Pennsylvania and grew up in Concord, Massachusetts. She is best known for her books for children. The daughter of philosopher and reformer Amons Bronson Alcott, she was also a supporter of women's rights and an abolitionist. Family debts led her to write the autobiographical novel Little Women (1868). The book was a huge success, followed by Little Men, An Old-Fashioned Girl, and several other novels.
露易莎·梅·奥尔科特(一八三二——一八八八),美国十九世纪著名女作家。自幼开朗乐观,酷爱阅读与写作。其父曾开办学校,后因接纳黑人儿童而被强行关闭。此后家境日渐贫寒,为生计所迫,爱尔科特从事过各种工作,其中包括陪护一位贵妇人游历了欧洲,这些都极大地丰富了她的阅历。《小妇人》一书的创作仅仅占据了她两个月的时间,却给她带来了一生的荣誉。该书于一八六八年出版,立即以其独特魅力吸引了广大读者,反响极为强烈,于是,奥尔科特在次年(即一八六九年)完成了它的续集《好妻子》,后与《小妇人》合成一册出版,总名为《小妇人》。
精彩书评
"The American female myth."
--Madelon Bedell
精彩书摘
Playing Pilgrims
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,"grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
"It's so dreadful to be poor!"sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have lots of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.
"We've got father and mother, and each other, anyhow,"said Beth, contentedly, from her corner.
The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly?
"We haven't got father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never,"but each silently added it, thinking of father far away, where the fighting was.
Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas, was because it's going to be a hard winter for every one; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't;"and Megshook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.
"But I don't think the little we should spend would do any good. We've each got a dollar, and the army wouldn't be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from mother or you, but I do want to buy Undine and Sintram for myself; I've wanted it so long,'said Jo, who was a bookworm.
"I planned to spend mine in new music,"said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth-brush and kettle-holder.
"I shall get a nice box of Faber's drawing pencils; I really need them," said Amy, decidedly.
"Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything. Let's each buy what we want, and have a little fun; I'm sure we grub hard enough to earn it,"cried Jo, examining the heels of her
boots in a gentlemanly manner.
"I know I do, teaching those dreadful children nearly all day, when I'm longing to enjoy myself at home," began Meg, in the complaining tone again.
"You don't have half such a hard time as I do," said Jo. "How would you like to be shut up for hours with a nervous, fussy old lady, who keeps you trotting, is never satisfied, and worries you till you''e ready to fly out of the window or box her ears?"
"It's naughty to fret, but I do think washing dishes and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the world. It makes me cross; and my hands get so stiff, I can't practise good a bit." And Beth looked at her rough hands with a sigh that any one could hear that time.
"I don't believe any of you suffer as I do," cried Amy; "for you don't have to go to school with impertinent girls, who plague you if you don't know your lessons, and laugh at your dresses, and label your father if he isn't rich, and insult you when your nose isn't nice."
"If you mean libel I'd say so, and not talk about labels, as if pa was a pickle-bottle," advised Jo, laughing.
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