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Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

1868 · Novel

Open Library OL29983W

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March grow up in a household short of money and long on opinions. Jo’s wish to write is as much the plot as any marriage.

About the author

Alcott’s Little Women follows four sisters through work, ambition, and domestic life without treating those subjects as small. It has been read as a family story and as a book about becoming a writer. More of this shelf for Louisa May Alcott.

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