Villette is a classic 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë (under the pen name Currer Bell). Widely regarded as her masterpiece and her most psychological work, it is loosely based on Brontë's own experiences living and teaching in Brussels.
Originally published in two separate volumes—Little Women (1868) and its sequel Good Wives (1869, later combined into a single novel)—this classic American coming-of-age story follows the lives of the four March sisters growing up in New England during and after the American Civil War. While their father is away serving as a Union army chaplain, the sisters—guided by their loving mothe…
Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out is a classic children's novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, published in 1886. It is the final book in the informal Little Women trilogy (Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys). Set ten years after the events of Little Men, the novel catches up with the grown-up students of Plumfield Estate School as they navigate careers, romances, heartbreaks, and …