Louisa May Alcott 
Silver Pitchers: and Independence, a Centennial Love Story 

This book is a collection of short love stories by Louisa May Alcott, famous author of Little Women.



Included in this volume are:



’Silver Pitchers, ’ the story of thee popular girls who take a stand against drinking by forming a temperance club;

’Anna’s Whim, ’a love story;

’Transcendental Wild Oats, ’ the satire of her father’s utopian experiment;

’The Romance of a Summer’s Day, ’ the romance of a young lady seeking independence;

’ My Rococco Watch, ’ an account of desire gone humorously wrong;

’By The River: A Legend of the Assabet, ’ a charming and fatalistic tale of a young poet;

’Letty’s Tramp, ’ another charming tale of friendship and love;

’Scarlet Stockings, ’ a Civil War romance;

and ’Independence: A Centennial Love Story, ’.



Alcott wrote the stories in 1875, the Centennial year of American Revolution’s beginning, and have a strong theme of independence within romantic love. 



This edition will please all amateurs of love stories, romance, and classic literature.