Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
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(Paperback - ABR)
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Pub. Date: October 2004
- ISBN-13: 9780140374568
- Sales Rank: 11,248
- Age Range: 9 to 12
- 299pp
- Edition Description: ABR
- Other Formats:
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- Paperback
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Synopsis
This classic large print title is printed in 16 point Tiresias font as recommended by the Royal National Institute for the Blind.
Annotation
Orphaned Rose Campbell finds it difficult to fit in when she goes to live with her six aunts and seven mischievous boy cousins.
Children's Literature
Thirteen-year-old Rose Campbell, a delicate, sensitive orphan, has been cared for by her well-meaning but rather fussy aunts during the year since her father's death. When her lively, forward-thinking Uncle Alex (who is her legal guardian), returns from his world travels, Rose's pallor and listless, "ladylike" ways shock him. He proposes that he take charge of her education, health and life style for a year to try and make her life more wholesome and happy. The novel shows us the adventures, mishaps, and fun that result from Rose and her aunts' adjustments to Uncle Alex's newfangled ideas about how to raise a girl. Many amusing and touching incidents revolving around Rose's relationships with her seven boisterous but affectionate male cousins, also give the author a chance to express what were then radical beliefs about the roles and rights of women.
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