Little Men
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Little Men Louisa May AlcottLittle Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jos Boys, is a childrens novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), which was first published in 1871 by Roberts Brothers. The novel reprises characters from Little Women and acts as a sequel, or second book in an unofficial Little Women trilogy. The trilogy ends with Alcotts 1886 novel, Jos Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to Little Men. Alcotts story recounts the life of Jo Bhaer, her husband, and the various children at Plumfield Estate School. Alcotts classic novel has been adapted to a 1934 film, a 1940 film, a television series, and a Japanese animated television series. Alcotts novel narrates six months in the life of the students at Plumfield, a school run by German Professor Friedrich and his wife, Mrs. Josephine Bhaer (née March). The idea of the school is first suggested at the very end of Little Women, Part Two, when Jo inherits Plumfield Estate from her late Aunt March.The story was originally inspired by the death of Alcotts brother-in-law, which is revealed in one of the last chapters, when a beloved character, John Brooke, from Little Women dies.Alcotts first inspiration for bringing educational ideals into the home and the development of a home-like model into the classroom, stems from her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, an educational reformer and prominent Transcendentalist. As a Transcendentalist visionary, her father was considered unconventional even among his reform contemporaries.Educational theorists such as Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, also provided the inspiration for Alcotts educational methodologies and stressed the need for the school to be as homelike as possible.As an educational reformer, Alcotts father believed education, should simply turn the childs mind inward to recognize that divinity. Alcotts father also believed that the theatrical performance of moral allegories by children would train them in the self-restraint that wa
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