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  <title><![CDATA[Eight Cousins (Evergreen Classics)]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;div&gt;Rose, a shy orphan, blossoms in the company of her spirited relatives when she takes up residence at &quot;The Aunt Hill.&quot; This captivating novel by the author of &lt;i&gt;Little Women&lt;/i&gt; offers readers of all ages endearing, inspiring stories about growing up, making friends, and facing life with kindness and courage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1874</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Louisa May Alcott]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you've read any Louisa May Alcott, the general ideas and characters will be familiar. The characters are all very high-minded and very concerned with morality, building character, proper behavior, etc. Being written nearly 150 years ago, some of the ideas on health, class and race relations, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16127123">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Mar 06 08:44:46 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The latest book in my Louisa May Alcott kick...and I found it generally charming. I love the idea of &quot;throwing out the window&quot; the general practices at the time (wearing tight corsets and belts, taking strong coffees and cordials to improve health, teaching girls to act like 'ladies' inste...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17155698">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Nov 03 09:14:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I was eight, I read Louisa May Alcott's &quot;Little Women&quot; for the first time.  And then I read it again - about twenty-five times in that first year, slurping it up like a delicious piece of my favorite dessert.  It was the first time I ever realized that books could be tastier than cake...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76581296">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59971478">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Eight Cousins&quot; by Lousia May Alcott is one of my all time favorite books and I try to read it every couple years.  The story of an orphaned teen girl(Rose Campbell) who comes to live with her maiden aunts and bachelor uncle is overwhelmed by the presence of 7 male cousins who all live wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59971478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56965894">
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  <read_at>Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 22 09:53:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 22 10:21:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eight Cousins is sort of like reading a 19th-century, morally concerned version of The Breakfast Club. Instead of the library, the action centers around a mansion known as Aunt-Hill, ancestral home of the Campbells. <br/><br/>The story centers around Rose, who comes to the Aunt-Hill after the deat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56965894">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10052637">
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 06 14:20:07 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 06 14:20:07 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this one difficult to begin. It took several attempts to get into the story initially but as the novel went on, it seemed to pick up. It is very much a family oriented story and it is fun to see Rose discover what true family is like while living up on &quot;The Aunt Hill.&quot; It does not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10052637">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8899702">
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 09 14:54:14 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book and its sequel &quot;Rose in Bloom&quot; are my favorite books from childhood - even more so than Ms. Alcott's &quot;Little Women.&quot;  Rose it a wonderful role model, despite her flaws - and who wouldn't want an Uncle Alec?  Her kindness and generosity are virtues that we could see more...]]></body>
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    <review id="49736173">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 18 21:07:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book club book. . .<br/>It's been years since I've read this, and after reading some other Alcott, it's definitely not her best.  However, reading it still brought back some warm fuzzies--Uncle Alec and his treasures!  Mac and his eyes!  Camping on the Island!<br/>Though this book is supposedly ab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49736173">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58067865">
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    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 01 10:31:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[(I actually listened to the version downloaded from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://librivox.org">librivox.org</a>). I loved this book when I read it as a pre-teen, but it didn't quite hold up as well as Little Women and An Old-Fashioned Girl did for me as an adult re-read. I got the feeling Alcott was definitely writing for her publisher and the &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58067865">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43834996">
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 21 12:20:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 03 17:13:53 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a charming, pleasant book!  There's no gripping plot, no tension that remains unresolved beyond a few pages, nothing to make it difficult to put down.  But nothing to make it difficult to pick up, either.  If I have any complaint it's that the characters are a little too perfect.  Yes, the boys...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43834996">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37691448">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Given my love of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, I'm really surprised it took me this long to read this book.  I'm also sorry I didn't read it sooner since it's a book I would have absolutely LOVED at twelve or thirteen years old.  Eight Cousins is about a girl, Rose, who is orphaned at the tende...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37691448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17399713">
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Mar 11 19:42:22 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay.... this book was fair-to-middlin'. At least, that's my first impression. It was rare that I ever felt like I got much of anything of substance out of it, especially in the chapters where they described in intense detail the game of charades they played. <br/><br/>However, there were a few po...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17399713">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13210962">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read previously (many times) - listened to the Recorded Books cassette edition.  I was torn on how many stars to give this - I remember this title as one I've loved since childhood, but there's so many problems with it.  Since I think the intended audience is children, I'm going to rate based on my ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13210962">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41814850">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book reminded me of 'Little Women' to an extent.  It is a lovely book about childish whims and adult trials with bringing up children.  You should read it if you want something light as it is short and easy to read.  The main character Rose is not extremely likeable to begin with but like most ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41814850">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47507138">
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    <body><![CDATA[How lovely to have all those male cousins to cherish you and look out for your interests! Lucky Rose. I'm a sucker for the sweet five-hanky tearjerkers!  Uncle Alec was an unusual man for that era, but how modern he must have seemed when the book was first published.  It is interesting that what was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47507138">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53973770">
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    <name><![CDATA[Carol]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1960</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved, loved this book during junior high years. Found an<br/>old, old copy at my Grandma's house in Westtown. I was living so many of the same experiences at the time with<br/>my own cousins. We went sledding at night in the front<br/>field of our farm and peed our pants and it turned to ice. Wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53973770">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Comments I wrote in my 8th-grade reading log:<br/>&quot;One of the things I liked about this book was the character development. At first, Rose is a pale, sad, lonely girl. But then, her new guardian, her Uncle Alec, and seven boy cousins of Rose's change her life. At the end, Rose is an excited, f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47271286">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book as a child – I would read it over and over without getting tired of the characters. It follows the story of Rose Campbell, a recently orphaned girl who goes to live with her aunts and is constantly being pulled around in different directions by their affectionate, but often bewil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63053945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a less known book that is delightful to read. lots of independent women and a bit of sermonizing about issues of the day make it that much more enjoyable.<br/>my parents gave me a set of alcott's books when i was young and i have read most of them several times a year in the 20 odd years since.]]></body>
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