An old-fashioned girl / / by Louisa May Alcott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136352203321
• Autore: Alcott Louisa May
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Lanham] : , : Dancing Unicorn Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-5154-1063-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Soggetti: Friendship; Boston (Mass.) History 19th century Fiction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Chapter I. Polly Arrives; Chapter II. New Fashions; Chapter III. Polly's Troubles; Chapter IV. Little Things; Chapter V. Scrapes; Chapter VI. Grandma; Chapter VII. Good-by; Chapter VIII. Six Years Afterward; Chapter IX. Lessons; Chapter X. Brothers and Sisters; Chapter XI. Needles and Tongues; Chapter XII. Forbidden Fruit; Chapter XIII. The Sunny Side; Chapter XIV. Nipped in the Bud; Chapter XV. Breakers Ahead; Chapter XVI. A Dress Parade; Chapter XVII. Playing Grandmother; Chapter XVIII. The Woman Who Did Not Dare; Chapter XIX. Tom's Success
• Sommario/riassunto: A 14-year-old country girl, Polly Milton, visits her friend Fanny Shaw and her wealthy family in the city for the first time. Poor Polly is overwhelmed by the splendor and their urbanized, fashionable lifestyles, expensive clothes and other habits she has never been exposed to. Fanny's friends reject her because of her different behavior and simple clothing, and Fan herself can't help considering her unusual sometimes. However, Polly's warmth, support and kindness eventually win the hearts of all, and her old-fashioned ways teach them a lesson.