Rose in Bloom

by Louisa May Alcott

This sequel to Eight Cousins follows Rose as she returns to Aunt Hill after traveling and tries to establish herself as an independent young woman.  The story begins when Rose comes back from a long trip to Europe. Everyone is well altered and as a joke, when she arrives home, she lines up her seven cousins to take a long look at them, just as they did to her when they first met. Rose Campbell, the heroine of the story, is sweet, kind, pretty, and ambitious. She is an heiress just come of...