num_pages: 217
description: An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here.Little Women is the story of the four March girls and their approach towards womanhood.Meg, the eldest and considered as the most beautiful, shrugs off her vanity and social ambition, discovering fulfillment in romantic love. Jo, on the other hand, with her contempt of all "lovering", turns towards writing for solace. Beth rejects worldly interests, preferring to devote her life to her family, to the joy of music and to aiding all who suffer in life. Amy, the youngest of the March girls, continually tries to overcome her own flaws...The progress of these four "little women" is narrated along the lines of Bunyan's pilgrim, and we are shown how they lead their lives -encountering struggles and learning important lessons along their way.
language: English
title: Little Women
titlecomplete: Little Women  (Little Women, #1)
characters: Amy March, Aunt March, Marmee, Margaret "Meg" March, John Brooke, James Laurence, Hannah Mullet, Theodore "Laurie" Laurence, Josephine "Jo" March, Beth March
genres: Historical, Audiobook, American, Young Adult, Classics, Childrens, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 36480
places: New England, Concord, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, The United States of America
series: Little Women
publisher: Penguin Books