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Little Women

Louisa May Alcott
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Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth and precocious Amy-the four March sisters couldn’t be more different. With their father away at war and their mother working
to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Through sisterly squabbles, midnight plays, Christmas celebrations, happy times and sad, they discover that growing up is sometimes very hard to do.

Published: Jul/2019

ISBN: 9789814867894

Length: 256 Pages

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth and precocious Amy-the four March sisters couldn’t be more different. With their father away at war and their mother working
to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Through sisterly squabbles, midnight plays, Christmas celebrations, happy times and sad, they discover that growing up is sometimes very hard to do.

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Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832 in Pennsylvania. Her father was friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. Alcott started selling stories in order to help provide financial support for her family. Her first book was Flower Fables (1854). She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War and in 1863 she published Hospital Sketches, which was based on her experiences. Little Women was published in 1868 and was based on her life growing up with her three sisters. She followed it with three sequels, Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886) and she also wrote other books for both children and adults. Louisa May Alcott was an abolitionist and a campaigner for women's rights. She died on 6 March 1888.