Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Louisa May Alcott: A Biography by Madeleine B. Stern ISBN: 1-55553-417-1 Publisher: Northeastern University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: 19C Style Detracts from BIography by Leading Alcott Scholar
Comment: Madeleine Stern was integral in uncovering the "lost" thrillers of Louisa May Alcott, which were published under her pen name A.M.Barnard. Because of her familiarity with Alcott's life and work, I expected a lot more out of the biography than I received. The author's 19C style detracts from the information presented and often leads to confusion on the part of the reader, assuming the reader has familiarity with the vocabulary, customs and diseases of the 19C. The author also mentions characters without bothering to mention their significance. For example "Miss Burnett" is mentioned several times in the biography. What is never mentioned is that "Miss Burnett" is Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of such childhood classics as "A Little Princess" and "The Secret Garden." I felt this book would have been more useful to me had it been written in a more straight forward style and been more educational in its approach not only to the Alcott in particular, but to the 19C in general.
Rating: 4
Summary: good
Comment: "Moods" was a very good boo
 |
Title: The Journals of Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott, Daniel Shealy ISBN: 0820319503 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
 |
Title: Work: A Story of Experience (Penguin Classics) by Louisa May Alcott, Joy S. Kasson ISBN: 014039091X Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
 |
Title: Behind a Mask : The Unknown Thrillers Of Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott ISBN: 0688151329 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 14 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
 |
Title: The Inheritance (Penguin Classics) by Louisa May Alcott, Joel Myerson, Daniel Shealy ISBN: 0140436669 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
 |
Title: Louisa May Alcott: A Modern Biography by Martha Saxton ISBN: 0374524602 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
