Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there's tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there's Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together they are the March sisters. Even though money is short, times are tough and their father is away at war, their infectious sense of fun sweeps everyone up in their adventures - including Laurie, the boy next door. And through sisterly squabbles, their happy times and sad ones too, the sisters discover that growing up is sometimes very hard to do.
This book was published 2008 by Penguin Books Ltd .
LOUSIA MAY ALCOTT was born in Pennsylvania, in 1832, the second of four daughters. After a period of serving as an army nurse, she published HOSPITAL SKETCHES in 1863, followed by Gothic Romances and lurid thrillers. In 1868-9 she published LITTLE WOMEN, which proved so popular that it was followed by two sequels and several other novels. She died in 1888.
This book contains the following story:
Little Women
This is the story of the March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy as they grow up from children to women in Concord, Massachusetts during the 19th century. The family are newly impoverished so the father goes off to serve as a chaplain in the American Civil War. The March sisters work to help support the family, make new friends and fall in love is this coming of age novel.
