Луиза Мэй Олкотт

In «A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True», Ten-year-old Effie lives a comfortable life and experiences Christmases filled with delicious treats and wonderful toys. One night she has a dream that forever changes the meaning of Christmas for her. Encountering a group of underprivileged children, she is inspired to give them a Christmas they will never forget.

In «Bertie's Box» a family sits around the table putting the finishing touches on their Christmas present wrapping. A letter arrives from a poor widow asking for assistance in providing a Christmas present for her two children. Overhearing this, young Bertie sets about packing up some of his toys to send to the unfortunate mother.

In «Becky's Christmas Dream», a poor working girl is left alone at Christmas time. Wishing for companionship and love, she is spoken to by an old gray cat, who reveals to her a simple truth about being loved.

"The author of «Little Women» seeks, and not without success, to draw from her «Old-Fashioned Girl» a contrast and a moral. She presents to our view two young ladies of opposite «styles.» One is fresh and rural: the other isn't. The difference is about as great as that between the warbling of woodside birds and the jingle of one of Offenbach's tunes on a corner barrel-organ."—Book Notice from Punchinello, April 30,1870.

Луиза Мэй Олкотт – известная американская писательница XIX века, чьи романы читаемы и любимы до сих пор. «Старомодная девушка» – это не просто история о кроткой девушке, которая стыдится своей внешности и невежественности. На примере главной героини романа автор показывает, что на самом деле делает девушку по-настоящему прекрасной, почему не стоит искать идеалы в мире внешнем, а пытаться их обрести внутри. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Луиза Мэй Олкотт – известная американская писательница XIX века, чьи романы читаемы и любимы до сих пор. «Старомодная девушка» – это не просто история о кроткой девушке, которая стыдится своей внешности и невежественности. На примере главной героини романа автор показывает, что на самом деле делает девушку по-настоящему прекрасной, почему не стоит искать идеалы в мире внешнем, а пытаться их обрести внутри. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

"A Modern Mephistopheles" was one of the best novels in that remarkable collection of American fiction known as the 'No Name' series. Miss Alcott's name has long been associated with it, because she never made any special effort to conceal the authorship. It is in many respects her most noteworthy effort, and by it her qualities as a writer may safely be judged. The novel is distinctly poetical in motive and the imaginative power displayed in the working out of the plot is to...

"A Modern Mephistopheles" was one of the best novels in that remarkable collection of American fiction known as the 'No Name' series. Miss Alcott's name has long been associated with it, because she never made any special effort to conceal the authorship. It is in many respects her most noteworthy effort, and by it her qualities as a writer may safely be judged. The novel is distinctly poetical in motive and the imaginative power displayed in the working out of the plot is to...