An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
"An Old-Fashioned Girl" by Louisa May Alcott is a novel first published in 1869. The story follows Polly Milton, a simple country girl who visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw's sophisticated Boston family. Overwhelmed by their fashionable lifestyle and troubled by their lack of affection, Polly's warmth and old-fashioned values gradually transform the Shaw household. Years later, Polly returns as a music teacher, navigating friendship, romance, and the family's financial troubles while
staying true to her principles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 |
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| Title | An Old-Fashioned Girl |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Old-Fashioned_Girl |
| Credits | Produced by David Reed, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | City and town life -- Fiction |
| Subject | New England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Friendship -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 2787 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2001 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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