Little women
By: Louisa May Alcott ; edited with an introduction by Elaine Showalter and with notes by Siobhan Kilfeather and Vinca Showalter.
Contributors: Showalter, Elaine.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
Subjects: March family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction; Mothers and daughters -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Sisters -- Fiction; New England -- Fiction
Description: The classic story of the March family whose 4 daughters are growing up in New England in the mid-1800s. There are numerous sequels, for example, Little Men and Jo's Boys. Annotation. Little Women is the heartwarming story of the March family that has thrilled generations of readers. It is the story of four sisters--Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth-- and of the courage, humor and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [xxix]-xxx.