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 in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.
It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with woman’s work,” including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the girl’s book” her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.
CHAPTER ONE：PLAYING PILGRIMS
CHAPTER TWO：A MERRY CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER THREE：THE LAURENCE BOY
CHAPTER FOUR：BURDENS
CHAPTER FIVE：BEING NEIGHBORLY
CHAPTER SIX：BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL
CHAPTER SEVEN：AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
CHAPTER EIGHT：JO MEETS APOLLYON
CHAPTER NINE：MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR
CHAPTER TEN：THE P.C. AND P.O.
CHAPTER ELEVEN：EXPERIMENTS
CHAPTER TWELVE：CAMP LAURENCE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN：CASTLES IN THE AIR
CHAPTER FOURTEEN：SECRETS
CHAPTER FIFTEEN：A TELEGRAM
CHAPTER SIXTEEN：LETTERS
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN：LITTLE FAITHFUL
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN：DARK DAYS
CHAPTER NINETEEN：AMY'S WILL
CHAPTER TWENTY：CONFIDENTIAL
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN：HARVEST TIME
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX：UNDER THE UMBRELLA
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE：DAISY AND DEMI
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR：MY LORD AND LADY
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE：SURPRISES
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO：ALL ALONE
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE：LEARNING TO FORGET
CHAPTER FORTY：THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE：LAZY LAURENCE
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT：ON THE SHELF
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN：NEW IMPRESSIONS
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX：BETH'S SECRET
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE：HEARTACHE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR：FRIEND
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE：JO'S JOURNAL
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO：TENDER TROUBLES
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE：OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
CHAPTER THIRTY：CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE：CALLS
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT：DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES
