A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical background of the story.
Adventures in Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer's school for boys; a place of light, warmth, comfort, and delights; where self-knowledge and self-control are acquired along with book learning.