Collection of short stories.

Louisa May Alcott's, Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story, is a collection of her short stories. The book includes Silver Pitchers, Anna's Whim, Transcendental Wild Oats, The Romance of a Summer Day, My Rococo Watch, By the River, Letty's Tramp, Scarlet Stockings, and Independence: A Centennial Love Story.

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A collection of nine stories, including "Silver Pitchers" and "Independence: A Centennial Love Story" by the author of "Little Women." Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author) This collection of short love stories by Louisa May Alcott will not disappoint her fans. Included in this volume are: "Silver Pitchers," the story of the popular girls who take a stand against drinking by forming a temperance club; "Anna's Whim," a love story; "Transcendental Wild Oats," the satire of her father's utopian experiment; "The Romance of a Summer's Day," the romance of a young lady seeking independence; " My Rococo Watch," an account of desire gone humorously wrong; "By The River: A Legend of the Assabet," a charming and fatalistic tale of a young poet; "Letty's Tramp," another charming tale of friendship and love; "Scarlet Stockings," a Civil War romance; and "Independence: A Centennial Love Story," which is precisely what the title suggests. Alcott wrote the stories in 1875, the Centennial year of the American Revolution's beginning, and has a strong theme of independence within romantic love.

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