Project Gutenberg 2005-12-17 Public domain in the USA. 90 Alcott, Louisa May 1832 1888 Barnard, A. M. Alcott, Louisa M. (Louisa May) Alcott, L. M. (Louisa May) Elberts, G. W. (Gerardina Wilhelmina) 1868 1945 Elberts, G.W. Elberts, Gerardina Wilhelmina Onder Moeders Vleugels Dutch version of: Little Women, part 1. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ Character set for HTML: ISO-8859-1 "Onder Moeders Vleugels" by Louisa May Alcott is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the four March sisters—Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy—who navigate the challenges of growing up during the Civil War era, facing issues of poverty, dreams, and their individual aspirations. The narrative captures their relationships with each other and their mother, Mrs. March, as well as their longing for their father, who is away at war. At the start of the novel, the March sisters are preparing for Christmas without presents due to their family's financial struggles. As they express their frustrations and dreams, the warmth of family bonds shines through despite their hardships. Jo's desire for adventure, Meg's concerns about appearances, Beth's kind-hearted nature, and Amy's wish for finer things illustrate their distinct personalities. The opening sets a poignant tone that hints at themes of selflessness, resilience, and the importance of family as they decide to give their Christmas money to help those in need instead of buying gifts for themselves. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Sisters -- Fiction Family life -- New England -- Fiction New England -- Fiction March family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction PZ PS Text Children's Literature Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 654854 654610 2024-09-07T13:34:43.703309 2023-09-08T05:29:45.959191 text/html text/html 669408 2020-12-13T12:07:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 233860 2020-12-13T12:07:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 306841 2024-09-07T13:34:53.667231 application/epub+zip 315786 2024-09-07T13:34:45.962269 application/epub+zip 315786 2024-09-07T13:34:44.697293 application/epub+zip 531645 2024-09-07T13:34:59.259215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504642 2024-09-07T13:34:52.652239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504704 2022-09-08T10:34:54.169678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589943 589758 2024-09-07T13:34:41.786294 2023-09-08T05:29:44.157182 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 589327 2020-12-13T12:07:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 225813 2020-12-13T12:07:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20751 2024-09-07T13:34:59.435204 application/rdf+xml 14395 2024-09-07T13:34:45.076268 image/jpeg 3887 2024-09-07T13:34:44.885264 image/jpeg 293371 2024-09-07T13:34:43.764355 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia