A simplified retelling of the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England
Presents a simplified retelling of the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England. Simultaneous.
Little Women has remained enduringly popular since its publication in 1868, becoming the inspiration for a whole genre of family stories. Set in a small New England community, it tells of the March family: Marmee looks after her four daughters in the absence of her husband, who is serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War, and Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy experience domestic trials and triumphs as they attempt to supplement the family's small income. In the second part of the novel (sometimes known as Good Wives) the girls grow up and fall in love.
The four March sisters--Meg, Amy, Beth, and feisty Jo--share the joys and sorrows of growing up while their father is away at war. The family is poor in worldly goods, but rich in love and character.