And as I was mentioning Louisa May Alcott in my previous post, here are the Virago editions of Rose in Bloom and Eight Cousins:
On the left 'An English Rose' by Emile Vernon - on the right - 'The Young Gallant' by Edmund Eagles.
Two of my favourite books by this author. In these books Louisa May Alcott ' gives a fascinating account of Victorian notions of girlhood, criticising much that she saw as silly and repressive and with her narrative zest and lively characterisation, creates a spirited portrait of her heroine's development'
