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''Aunt Jane's Nieces'' is the title of a juvenile novel published by Reilly & Britton in 1906, and written by L. Frank Baum under the pen name "Edith Van Dyne."〔"Edith Van Dyne," ''Aunt Jane's Nieces'', Chicago, Reilly & Britton, 1906.〕 Since the book was the first in a series of novels designed for adolescent girls, its title was applied to the entire series of ten books, published between 1906 and 1918.〔Angelica Shirley Carpenter and Jean Shirley, ''L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz'', Minneapolis, Lerner Publications, 1992; pp. 80-2 and ff.〕 ==Inception== The book and the series were designed to appeal to the same audience as Louisa May Alcott's ''Little Women'' and ''Little Men.'' This was expressly stipulated in Baum's contract with Reilly & Britton, which stated: :Baum shall deliver to the Reilly and Britton Co. on or before March 1, 1906 the manuscript of a :book for young girls on the style of the Louisa M. Alcott stories, but not so good, the authorship :to be ascribed to "Ida May McFarland," or to "Ethel Lynne" or some other mythological female.〔Carpenter and Shirley, p. 80.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aunt Jane's Nieces」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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