02628cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000350011324500630014826400510021130000470026233600260030933700260033533800360036150000310039750502090042850801980063752013220083553400450215765300120220265300280221485600430224299900170228534920UtSlPG20260610133810.0mcr n260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aAlcott, Louisa May,d1832-188810aSilver Pitchers: and Independence, a Centennial Love Story 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2011  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2011-01-110 aSilver pitchers -- Anna's whim -- Transcendental wild oats -- The romance of a summer day -- My rococo watch -- By the river -- Letty's tramp -- Scarlet stockings -- Independence: a centennial love story.  aProduced by Heather Clark, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
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by The Internet Archive)  a"Silver Pitchers: and Independence, a Centennial Love Story" by Louisa May Alcott is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book revolves around three friends—Portia, Pauline, and Priscilla—who navigate the intricacies of societal expectations, personal values, and emerging independence, particularly in regard to issues such as temperance and social responsibility. Their journey showcases the strength of female bonds as they confront the challenges posed by their male peers and strive to lead by example.  At the start of the story, the trio of friends engages in a serious discussion following a Thanksgiving festival where they are offended by the behavior of some young men who indulge in excessive drinking. Fueled by a sense of responsibility to their community and their ideals, they devise a plan to refuse invitations to upcoming social gatherings as a protest against the unbecoming conduct they witnessed. As each character reveals her unique personality—Portia with her beauty, Pauline with her wit, and Priscilla with her gentle strength—they pledge allegiance to a new society aimed at promoting temperance and moral integrity, setting the stage for a series of challenges and developments in their relationships with the men around them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFiction  aShort stories, American40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34920  c75766d75766