In the title story Nan, the quiet sister in an old New England house, does the housework while bookish Di and artistic Laura pursue their gifts, until a young man notices who really holds the family together. The collection adds a society debut, The Brothers, set in a Civil War hospital, and the children’s story Nelly’s Hospital.
Early Alcott, written before Little Women, showing the domestic warmth and wartime nursing experience she would draw on later. Download the free EPUB.