num_pages: 388
description: Little Women is one of the best loved books of all time. Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt the deep sadness when Meg leaves the circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part I. Part II, chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a young wife and mother, Jo's struggle to become a writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits and unexpected romance. Based on Louise May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers.From the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Little Women
titlecomplete: Little Women
characters: Theodore "Laurie" Laurence, Aunt March, Mr. March, John Brooke, Amy March, Beth March, Hannah Mullet, Margaret "Meg" March, Josephine "Jo" March, James Laurence, Marmee, Professor Bhaer
genres: Fiction, Classics, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Audiobook
ratings_count: 2139171
places: London, England, New England, Massachusetts, Concord, Massachusetts
series: Little Women
publisher: Children's Classics