Under the Lilacs (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Louisa May Alcott

Overview

The blooms of a colonial New Hampshire town inspired this heartwarming 1878 children’s novel. A tea-party-crashing dog introduces two girls to Ben Brown, a boy on the run from the circus. The friends help Ben find home, family, and a happy ending, but not before misunderstanding, adventure, and tragedy strike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411443747
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	02/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	308
File size:	281 KB

About the Author

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer best known for her classic novel Little Women (1868-69), drawn from her own childhood. Personally educated by writers such as Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau, she first gained literary success with Hospital Sketches (1863), based on her experiences as a nurse during the Civil War.  Her writing often deals with women’s issues in an honest, insightful manner.