Louisa May Alcott, highly popular author of &quot;Little Women&quot;, wrote a less known literary jewel in 1869, &quot;An Old-Fashioned Girl&quot;.<br /><br />&quot;An Old-Fashioned Girl&quot; is a morality tale, it&rsquo;s the town mouse and the country mouse, it&rsquo;s a romantic love story with a happy ending and with some satisfactory twists to keep it fresh, and it&rsquo;s a novel of women&rsquo;s emancipation in the Gilded Age of America in the late 19th century.<br /><br />&quot;An Old-Fashioned Girl&quot; revolves around Polly Milton&quot;, the old-fashioned girl who titles the story. Polly visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw in the city and is overwhelmed by the fashionable and urban life they live--but also left out because of her &quot;countrified&quot; manners and outdated clothes. However, Polly&#39;s warmth, support and kindness eventually win her the hearts of all her friend&acute;s family members. Six years later, Polly comes back to the city to become a music teacher.