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Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. ...
This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305. Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united ...
Jun 18, 2024 · Little Women, novel for children by Louisa May Alcott, published in two parts in 1868 and 1869.Her sister May illustrated the first edition. It initiated a genre of family stories for children.. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March are raised in genteel poverty by their loving mother, Marmee, in a quiet Massachusetts town while their father serves as an army chaplain during the American Civil War.
May 1, 1996 · Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Title. Little Women. Note. There is an improved illustrated edition of this title which may be viewed at eBook #37106 . Language. English. LoC Class. PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature.
Little Women Full Book Summary. Alcott prefaces Little Women with an excerpt from John Bunyan’s seventeenth-century work The Pilgrim’s Progress, an allegorical novel about leading a Christian life. Alcott’s story begins with the four March girls—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—sitting in their living room, lamenting their poverty.
Little Women Series. 4 primary works • 12 total works. Little Women was first published in two parts: 1. Little Women Volume 1, containing 23 chapters. 2. Little Women Volume 2, also titled Good Wives. These have been republished in one book, also titled Little Women, containing 47 chapters.
Little Women. Louisa May Alcott. Penguin, Jan 1, 1989 - Fiction - 544 pages. One of the best loved books of all time. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, initially published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, is a classic novel that follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—growing up in Civil War-era Massachusetts.The novel explores their individual personalities, dreams, and struggles as they navigate the challenges of adolescence into adulthood.
Apr 22, 2014 · The iconic novel of American girlhood, and basis for the film adaptation by acclaimed writer-director, Greta Gerwig. Beautiful and proper Meg, headstrong Jo, gentle Beth, pampered little Amy—generations of young women have recognized themselves in one or more of the devoted March sisters. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War and the changing seasons of New England, the story of their ...
Apr 9, 2013 · Little Women. Louisa May Alcott. Harper Collins, Apr 9, 2013 - Juvenile Fiction - 321 pages. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. So begins one of the best-loved children’s classics, Little Women. Coming of age in the North during the Civil War, the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy ...
