Louisa May Alcott
Paperback | Pages: 86 pages Rating: 3.51 | 327 Users | 26 Reviews
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| Original Title: | A Modern Cinderella: or The Little Old Shoe and Other Stories |
| ISBN: | 1540332373 (ISBN13: 9781540332370) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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I have my great grandmother's copy from 1904 - purchased for my grandmother for her 2nd birthday.The copy I have has only the titled story, so this is a review of the one story only.
This 'Modern Cinderella' has no evil step-family in it and the eldest sister is merely a cinderella of circumstance; 3 sisters living with their father. It's a cute story of 3 sisters of differing personalities and how they grow into caring young women because of the self sacrifice of the eldest sister.
It has the storyline of 2 teenage girls who take full advantage of their elder sister, Nan, but without the meanness of the fairytale version. When Nan becomes bedridden from exhaustion the younger sisters are forced to do the required work of the household and come to understand how much their sister has done for them with no thought of herself; they also come to realize what is required of themselves to become the head of a household in the near future.
I love how Miss Alcott brings in a shoe and a pretend prince to round out the Cinderella aspect.
A coming of age story set in the early 1900's - much different from a modern day storyline of the same type.
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| Title | : | A Modern Cinderella |
| Author | : | Louisa May Alcott |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 86 pages |
| Published | : | November 17th 2016 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform (first published 1860) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Short Stories. Fantasy. Fairy Tales. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.51 From 327 Users | 26 ReviewsRate Epithetical Books A Modern Cinderella
I love the book. Am currently on the second story, and desperately in love with Louisa May Alcott. I have said these before: that in her stories, she preached, but I like her kind of preaches. It reminds me that to have a pure heart is not an unfashionable thing. And it was more or less the same, since 1910s until today's 2014. I have so many favorite excerpts that my ebook is filled with highlights!Another Louisa May Alcott book that I don't think I had read when I was growing up.Love her stories and how she writes.
sweet. very much alcott
This is hard to give an accurate rating as there are 4 separate and unique stores put together into one book.The first story is quite sweet and charming. Rather cliche, but cute. The second story is more interesting, character-wise. I found the almost ending to be a little annoying as the girl nearly ruins her "happily-ever-after." The third story was awful in every way. I had a hard time getting through it and the ending was so sad. The random change in direction from light romance tales to a
A Modern CinderellaA beautiful but predictable story. I wish it was more fleshed out, with more details of Nan and John, and perhaps Laura's wedding. John is my favourite character, especially when he was in the kitchen.Debby's DebutThis is my favourite story in the book. I like Debby very much, and Frank Evans is a gentleman in every aspect. I think their story is very romantic, and I am especially pleased that Debby did not lose her ideals during the eight weeks she spent with her Aunt.
This book includes four short stories:- The little old shoe- Debby's debut- The brothers- Nelly's hospitalI liked the last three better than the first one. The last two especially I found interesting as they were not about the love story of a young girl. They are both related to the Civil War, hospital and, in "The brothers", racial conflict.
There were four short stories included in this ebook which was available for free on iTunes. They were the title story, A Modern Cinderella, Debby's Debut, The Brothers, and Nelly's Hospital. Louisa May Alcott always wrote very refreshing, moral stories. It always appeared though that reformation was within everybody's grasp as long as they made the right rules and did the right thing. Having said that, she writes charming stories that are thought-provoking and worth reading."Di, my father began
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