"Little Women" is an American classic, adored for Louisa May Alcott's lively and vivid portraits of the endearing March sisters: talented tomboy Jo, pretty Meg, shy Beth, temperamental Amy. Millions have shared in their joys, hardships, and adventures as they grow up in Civil War New England, separated by the war from their father and beloved mother, "Marmee, " blossoming from "little women" into adults. Jo searches for her writer's voice and finds unexpected love...Meg prepares for marriage and a family...Beth reaches out to the less fortunate, tragically...and Amy travels to Europe to become a painter. Based on Louisa May Alcott's own Yankee childhood, "Little Women" is a treasure -- a story whose enduring values of patience, loyalty, and love have kept this extraordinary family close to the hearts of generation after generation of delighted readers.
This book is part of a book series called Little Women .
There are 512 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Little, Brown & Company .
Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) wrote several classic novels inspired by her New England childhood, and was also active in the Suffragette movement.
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.
