num_pages: 619
description: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott's masterpiece of Children's literature, is the story of the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Living in a small Massachusetts town, the girls and Mrs. March must make do while Mr. March is away serving as an Army Chaplain during the Civil War. At the story's center lies Jo who, as she approaches adulthood, must reconcile her duties to her family with her desire to become a successful writer. The many appendices in this Broadview edition include materials on the early women's movement, the novel's composition, and Alcott's literary influences.
language: English
title: Little Women
titlecomplete: Little Women (Broadview Literary Texts)
characters: Marmee, Josephine "Jo" March, Amy March, Margaret "Meg" March, Professor Bhaer, Beth March, John Brooke, Aunt March, Theodore "Laurie" Laurence, Mr. March, James Laurence, Hannah Mullet
genres: Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Young Adult, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 2139188
places: New England, Concord, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, London, England
series: Little Women
publisher: Broadview Press