An Old-Fashioned Girl
by Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
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- 20 chapters
- Reading level: 7th grade
"An Old-Fashioned Girl" by Louisa May Alcott is a novel first published in 1869. The story follows Polly Milton, a simple country girl who visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw's sophisticated Boston family. Overwhelmed by their fashionable lifestyle and troubled by their lack of affection, Polly's warmth and old-fashioned values gradually transform the Shaw household. Years later, Polly returns as a music teacher, navigating friendship, romance, and the family's financial troubles while staying true to her principles.
- City and town life
- New England
- Friendship
- Boston (Mass.) · History · 19th century
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Chapter I: Polly Arrives
“IT'S time to go to the station, Tom.”
“Come on, then.”
“Oh, I'm not going; it's too wet. Should n't have a crimp left if I went out such a day as this; and I want to look nice when Polly comes.”
“You don't expect me to go and bring home a strange girl alone, do you?” And Tom looked as much alarmed as if his sister had proposed to him to escort the wild woman of Australia.
“Of course I do. It's your place to go and get her; and if you was n't a bear, you'd like it.”
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This free edition of An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2787, released 2001-08-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Novels, American Literature.
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