An Old-Fashioned Girl
by Louisa May Alcott
An Old-Fashioned Girl, featuring Polly Milton, whose world becomes a bit bigger when she visits her wealthy friend in the city, Fanny Shaw. Alcott first published the story in serialized form in Merry's Museum magazine in 1869, then added a final chapter for its publication as a novel in 1870.
Favorite Polly quote:"Life, my brethren, is like plum-cake."
Chapter VIII. Six Years Afterward
Chapter X. Brothers and Sisters
Chapter XI. Needles and Tongues
Chapter XIV. Nipped in the Bud
Chapter XVII. Playing Grandmother
Chapter XVIII. The Woman Who Did Not Dare
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