Work: A Story of Experience: Illustrated
by Louisa May Alcott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Boston; Little, Brown & Co., 1899 edition. Tan cloth hardcover with gold gilt letterng on front cover and spine. Illustrated. Previous owner names on frontispiece. 443 pages with clean text, and foxing. corners are slightly bumped otherwise minimum shelf wear. No dust jacket.
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Synopsis
A story about a nineteenth-century woman's search for a meaningful life through work outside the family sphere, Work is at once Alcott's exploration of her personal challenges and a social critique of America.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crowded Closet Thrift Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 722
- Title
- Work: A Story of Experience
- Author
- Louisa May Alcott
- Format/Binding
- Good
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1899
- Pages
- 443
- Size
- regular
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; 19th century; Collectable;
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