Little Women

By Louisa May Alcott

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ISBN: 978-1435136137
Themes: realistic fiction romance Bereavement Friendship Family

Preface

This timeless favourite follows the four March sisters - pretty Meg, tomboy Jo, shy Beth and vain Amy - as they grow and mature into four distinctive little women. Louisa May Alcott was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts, the setting for Little Women. Jo is based on Louisa herself, and Meg, Beth and Amy are inspired by Louisa's own three sisters. Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.