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An Old-Fashioned Girl. An Old-Fashioned Girl is a novel by Louisa May Alcott first published in 1869, which follows the adventures of Polly Milton, a young country girl, who is visiting her wealthy city friends, the Shaws. The novel shows how Polly remains true to herself despite the pressure the Shaws' world puts on her shoulders.
- Louisa May Alcott
- Fiction, romance, friendship
- 1869
- 1869
The book revolves around Polly Milton, the old-fashioned girl who titles the story. Polly visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw in the city and is overwhelmed by the fashionable and urban life they live--but also left out because of her "countrified" manners and outdated clothes. Genres Classics Fiction Young Adult Historical Fiction Romance ...
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Aug 1, 2001 · An Old-Fashioned Girl Credits: Produced by David Reed, and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: City and town life -- Fiction Subject: New England -- Fiction Subject: Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Subject
- Louisa May Alcott
- 1869
- 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."
- NEW FASHIONS. "I'M going to school this morning; so come up and get ready," said Fanny, a day or two after, as she left the late breakfast-table.
- POLLY'S TROUBLES. POLLY soon found that she was in a new world, a world where the manners and customs were so different from the simple ways at home, that she felt like a stranger in a strange land, and often wished that she had not come.
- LITTLE THINGS. "IT'S so wainy, I can't go out, and evwybody is so cwoss they won't play with me," said Maud, when Polly found her fretting on the stairs, and paused to ask the cause of her wails.
- Polly Arrives.
- New Fashions.
- Polly's Troubles.
- Little Things.
An Old-fashioned Girl. Louisa May Alcott, Jane Dyer. Little, Brown, 1997 - Juvenile Fiction - 325 pages. When Polly Milton visits Fanny Shaw and her wealthy family in the city for the first time, she's overwhelmed by the modern and fashionable world around her. She doesn't wear fancy clothes, go to popular shows, or even talk the way the girls ...
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