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"Six generations of readers have found in the story of the March family universal truths about girls, families and growing up." -The Guardian

"A Natural source of stories...she is, and is to be the poet of children." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The novelist of children...the... Read Full Overview

Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1871. The novel reprises characters from Little Women and is considered by some the second book in an unofficial Little Women trilogy, which is completed with... Read Full Overview

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott. Complete and Unabridged Classic Edition. Tradecover Paperback 7 x 10 inches.Mnemosyne Books.

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

At Plumfield, an experimental school for boys, the little scholars can do very much as they please, even slide down banisters. For this is what writer Jo Bhaer, once Jo March of Little Women , always wanted- a house "swarming with boys...in all stages of...effervescence." At... Read Full Overview

"Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him. "Yes. Who sent you?" "Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the lady." "All right; go up to the house, and give it to her; she'll see to you, little chap."... Read Full Overview

First published in 1871, "Little Men" or "Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys" is considered the second book in the unofficial "Little Women" trilogy by author Louisa May Alcott. "Little Men" follows the adventures of Alcott's beloved character Jo March and her husband, Professor... Read Full Overview