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Little Women
Edited with an Introduction by
Elaine Showalter and Notes by
Siobhan Kilfeather and Vinca Showalter
Alcott’s beloved story of the March girls—
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—is a classic
American feminist novel, reflecting the
tension between cultural obligation and
artistic and personal freedom.
544 pp. 978-0-14-039069-8 $9.00
Little Women
Introduction by Jane Smiley
Notes by Siobhan Kilfeather and
Vinca Showalter
Cover art by Julie Doucet
This striking deluxe edition features a new
introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning
author Jane Smiley and an edgy graphic
cover by Julie Doucet.
544 pp. 978-0-14-310501-5 $14.00
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Work
A Story of Experience
Edited with an Introduction by
Joy S. Kasson
A story about a woman’s search for a
meaningful life through work outside the
family sphere, Work is at once Alcott’s
exploration of her personal challenges and
a social critique of America.
384 pp. 978-0-14-039091-9 $15.00
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sholeM aleiCheM
1859 – 1916, Russian
Tevye the Dairyman and
Motl the Cantor’s Son
Translated by Aliza Shevrin
Introduction by Dan Miron
These vibrant new translations of the
most beloved works of the “Jewish Mark
Twain” honor the great humorist on the
150th anniversary of his birth.
352 pp. 978-0-14-310560-2 $16.00
sholeM aleiCheM
Sholem Aleichem is the pen name of Sholem Rabinovitch (1859–1916), the most
beloved writer in Yiddish literature and the creator of the famous Tevye character
in the musical Fiddler on the Roof. Born in a small town in Ukraine, he began
writing in Hebrew at an early age and first supported himself as a teacher of
Russian. He turned to writing Yiddish fiction in 1883 and encouraged a number
of Jewish writers, who were writing in Hebrew, to write in Yiddish as well. After
the 1905 pogrom in Kiev, he and his family left Russia, seeking refuge abroad. In
1914, at the start of World War I, he settled in New York, where his writings led
some to call him the “Jewish Mark Twain.” He died two years later after a long
illness, writing until his last day. His funeral procession was witnessed by one
hundred thousand mourners.