Louisa May Alcott

Two little boys whittled arrows on the fence, and Tommy crammed his treasures back into his pockets. Two eleven year old boys were staying with their mothers at a farm-house up among the mountains,...

As Kitty burst into the room, Priscilla smiled and said she would never wear that old muslin again. Priscilla's head was completely turned by the advice and example of certain fashionable young...

We had gone to tea with some friends in Shaftesbury Terrace, and were so busy gossiping that the evening slipped away unperceived till half-past ten. Jarvey will bring us safely home, we can trust...

Louisa May Alcott, a small girl who liked to run away, joined some children at a tall ash heap to play and then hop-skipped to the Common. Louisa was fast asleep when a big dog came along, and the...

Marjorie sat on the door-step, shelling peas, and imagined a fairy-tale. She was afraid of the fat pony. Marjorie stood up straight and tall, pulled out her pocket a tin savings-bank in the shape...

A Maine regiment passed through Boston in the third year of the late war, and Tom and I promised to tell Joe's mother how finely the regiment went off. Joe Collins proved himself a good soldier by...

Nelly sat beside her mother picking lint, and then ran to find Tony, the gardener's son, and bundled out all the rubbish. She broke two flower pots, scattered all the squash-seeds, and brought a...

The men were friends as well as comrades, and soon grew into a bond of mutual good fellowship. Thorn was a Massachusetts volunteer, Phil was a "romantic chap", and Dick smoked a minute with more...

Once upon a time, a fashionable epidemic called the Art fever attacked the young women of the community with great violence. Psyche strolled away up an unfrequented staircase to the empty...

Lizzie rang the bell and was told to wait in the hall while Miss Belle tried on hats. One particularly captivating little rose won her heart. Belle didn't say anything, but sat among the sofa...

Rosy was left all alone in the woods, and the people gave her a warm red cloak. Rosy got on very well for some days, until she came to the sea, where she cried a few big tears as salt as the sea....

Kate shook her head and smiled approvingly at her brother, saying that Belle Morgan was a nice, bright, energetic, warm-hearted dear. Lennox tried to hide his smile by curling his moustache with...