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Rose in Bloom

by Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)

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  • 23 chapters
  • Reading level: 7th grade

"Rose in Bloom" by Louisa May Alcott is a novel published in 1876. This sequel to "Eight Cousins" follows Rose Campbell as she returns from Europe to navigate nineteenth-century society. Facing family pressure to marry a cousin, Rose pursues her own path through philanthropic work while managing her fortune independently. As her cousins seek romance and struggle with social expectations, Rose must determine her future and discover where her heart truly lies among the complexities of love, class, and personal conviction.

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  • Young women
  • Cousins
  • New England
  • Families

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Chapter I: Coming Home

Three young men stood together on a wharf one bright October day, awaiting the arrival of an ocean steamer with an impatience which found a vent in lively skirmishes with a small lad, who pervaded the premises like a will-o'-the-wisp, and afforded much amusement to the other groups assembled there.

"They are the Campbells, waiting for their cousin, who has been abroad several years with her uncle, the Doctor," whispered one lady to another, as the handsomest of the young men touched his hat to her as he passed, lugging the boy, whom he had just rescued from a little expedition down among the piles.

"Which is that?" asked the stranger.

"Prince Charlie, as he's called,—a fine fellow, the most promising of the seven; but a little fast, people say," answered the first speaker, with a shake of the head.

"Are the others his brothers?"

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter I: Coming Home
  3. Chapter II: Old Friends with New Faces
  4. Chapter III: Miss Campbell
  5. Chapter IV: Thorns Among the Roses
  6. Chapter V: Prince Charming
  7. Chapter VI: Polishing Mac
  8. Chapter VII: Phebe
  9. Chapter VIII: Breakers Ahead
  10. Chapter IX: New-Year's Calls
  11. Chapter X: The Sad and Sober Part
  12. Chapter XI: Small Temptations
  13. Chapter XII: At Kitty's Ball
  14. Chapter XIII: Both Sides
  15. Chapter XIV: Aunt Clara's Plan
  16. Chapter XV: Alas for Charlie!
  17. Chapter XVI: Good Works
  18. Chapter XVII: Among the Hay-Cocks
  19. Chapter XVIII: Which Was It?
  20. Chapter XIX: Behind the Fountain
  21. Chapter XX: What Mac Did
  22. Chapter XXI: How Phebe Earned Her Welcome
  23. Chapter XXII: Short and Sweet

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This free edition of Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #41127, released 2012-10-21. 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.

Other editions: eBook #2804 (most read).

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