"Alcott, Louisa May - An Old Fashioned Girl" - читать интересную книгу автора (Alcott Louisa May)

who cannot conceive of such literary lawlessness, from the
bewilderment which they suffered when the same experiment was
tried in a former book.

The "Old-Fashioned Girl" is not intended as a perfect model, but as
a possible improvement upon [Page] the Girl of the Period, who
seems sorrowfully ignorant or ashamed of the good old fashions
which make woman truly beautiful and honored, and, through her,
render home what it should be,-a happy place, where parents and
children, brothers and sisters, learn to love and know and help one
another.

If the history of Polly's girlish experiences suggests a hint or
insinuates a lesson, I shall feel that, in spite of many obstacles, I
have not entirely neglected my duty toward the little men and
women, for whom it is an honor and a pleasure to write, since in
them I have always found my kindest patrons, gentlest critics,
warmest friends.

L. M. A.




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