The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1997

The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott  FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1997] DUTTON BOOKS Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.  Light shelf wear to jacket.  Book itself is mint and reads like new.  Here, at last, is the book "Jo" wrote. Generations of fans have longed to plumb that first romance, hinted at so captivatingly on the pages of "Little Women," Alcott's autobiographical classic. Now, after nearly one hundred fifty years spent among archived family documents, Louisa May Alcott's debut novel finally reaches its eager public. Set in an English country manor, the story follows the turbulent fortunes of Edith Adelon, an impoverished Italian orphan whose loyalty and beauty win her the patronage of wealthy friends until a jealous rival contrives to rob her of her position. In the locket around her neck, she carries a deep secret about her natural birthright. But an even greater truth lies hidden in Edith's heart - her deep reverence for the kind and noble Lord Percy,