Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, read by Anna Koval.
Come laugh and cry with the March family.
Meg - the sweet-tempered one. Jo - the smart one. Beth - the shy one. Amy - the sassy one.
Together they're the March sisters. Their father is away at war and times are difficult, but the bond between the sisters is strong.
The family may not have much money, but that doesn't stop them from creating their own fun and forming a secret society.
Through sisterly squabbles, happy times and sad, their four lives follow very different paths, and they discover that growing up is sometimes very hard to do...
This book is part of a book series called Puffin Classics .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
This book was published 2019 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. 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.