![]() ![]() Later additions include the two untethered orphans (Nat and Dan). Plumfield is a close-knit little school comprised of a bunch of blood relatives (Franz, Emil, Demi, Rob, Teddy) and boys from paying families (Jack, Ned, Tommy, George/Stuffy, Dick, Adolphus and Billy). But Nat acquires a golden ticket which always gains boys a place at Plumfield a recommendation letter and sponsorship from Mr Moneybags, aka Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence. Nat is deserted by his father's uncaring music partner who refuses the responsibility of an undernourished, ailing boy. He's the gentle son of an itinerant street musician who has recently died. It begins when 12-year-old Nat Blake is welcomed at Plumfield. It's like a cry of triumph and full of the sort of high jinks and horseplay she loved. ![]() ![]() So a few years after the smashing success of Little Women, she set out to please herself rather than anyone else, and I get the feeling this is the self-indulgent (but very cool) result. ![]() In her heart, she would have preferred to write a book for boys, because she felt more of an affinity with young men. Louisa May Alcott was previously coerced by her publisher to write a book for girls, and resisted writing the classic which became Little Women. She and her husband, Professor Fritz Bhaer, run a merry school for boys named Plumfield, and this story gives us a glimpse into a specific six month slab of time beneath the roof. I remembered this book to be full of joy, because it's all about the success of Jo March's fondest ambition. ![]()
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