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Little Men. Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. [1][2] The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her ...
- Louisa May Alcott
- 1868
- Josephine March. The protagonist of the novel, and the second-oldest March sister. Jo, who wants to be a writer, is based on Louisa May Alcott herself, which makes the story semi-autobiographical.
- Meg March. The oldest March sister. Responsible and kind, Meg mothers her younger sisters. She has a small weakness for luxury and leisure, but the greater part of her is gentle, loving, and morally vigorous.
- Beth March. The third March daughter. Beth is very quiet and very virtuous, and she does nothing but try to please others. She adores music and plays the piano very well.
- Amy March. The youngest March girl. Amy is an artist who adores visual beauty and has a weakness for pretty possessions. She is given to pouting, fits of temper, and vanity; but she does attempt to improve herself.
Little Women is actually two books. ... It was the first young adult fiction for girls. Little Women is credited with starting a whole new genre of young people’s fiction. “Reviewers spot that ...
Sep 13, 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. The novel has two sequels: Little Men (1871) and Jo’s Boys (1886).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 28, 2018 · Little Women was the most wide read book in the history of the country by young girls. For about a hundred years after it’s publishment nearly every young female read it. Now almost none read it.
2,301,981 ratings55,756 reviews. 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 ...
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Little Women is a classic of children’s literature and of domestic realism. Read even today by young girls, it is perhaps the most successful girls’ book ever written. Since its publication ...
