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Eight Cousins: The Story of Rose Campbell and Her Seven Cousins
Hardcover
Classic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515430551
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Eight Cousins is Louisa May Alcott's warm and lively story of Rose Campbell, a lonely orphan who finds herself suddenly surrounded by a large, opinionated, affectionate family. After her father's death, Rose comes to live among her great-aunts and waits for the return of her new guardian, Uncle Alec. Shy, delicate, and unsure of her place, she is soon swept into the bustling world of the Campbell clan: aunts with strong ideas, cousins with louder ones, and seven boys who bring noise, mischief, loyalty, and adventure into her life.
First published in 1875, Eight Cousins shows Alcott's gift for family storytelling, moral comedy, and girls' fiction shaped by affection rather than sentiment alone. Uncle Alec's unconventional ideas about raising Rose-fresh air, exercise, freedom from unhealthy fashions, useful education, and a chance to grow strong in body and mind-give the novel a surprisingly modern energy. Around Rose, Alcott builds a world of family claims, personal growth, friendship, generosity, and the everyday lessons that help a child become herself.
Readers who love Little Women, classic children's fiction, orphan stories, family novels, and old-fashioned stories of childhood will find Eight Cousins one of Alcott's most appealing lesser-known works. It is both a companion to Alcott's better-known domestic fiction and the beginning of Rose Campbell's story, continued in Rose in Bloom.
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