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Gossip

GossipIn order that we may start afresh and go to Meg's wedding with free minds, it will be well to begin with a little gossip about the Marches. And here let me premise that if any of the…

Burdens

Burdens"Oh, dear, how hard it does seem to take up our packs and go on," sighed Meg the morning after the party, for now the holidays were over, the week of merrymaking did not fit her for…

Jo's Journal

Jo's JournalNew York, NovemberDear Marmee and Beth,I'm going to write you a regular volume, for I've got heaps to tell, though I'm not a fine young lady traveling on the continent. When I…

Josie Plays Mermaid

Josie Plays MermaidWhile the young Bhaers were having serious experiences at home, Josie was enjoying herself immensely at Rocky Nook; for the Laurences knew how to make summer idleness both…

Louisa May Alcott: Thanksgiving

ThanksgivingThis yearly festival was always kept at Plumfield in the good old-fashioned way, and nothing was allowed to interfere with it. For days beforehand, the little girls helped Asia…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Oedipus Tyrannus Act 1

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Advertisement Act 2. Act 1 Scene 1.1 A magnificent temple, built of thigh-bones and death's-heads, and tiled with scalps. Over the altar the statue of famine, veiled…