Little Women
Originally published in 1868
This edition
Language: English47 chapters
Source: Project GutenbergIdentifier: 514
Synopsis
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, was published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869; in the United Kingdom the second part was issued separately as Good Wives. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters, the novel follows Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March in a Massachusetts town modelled on Concord. While their father serves as a chaplain in the Union Army during the American Civil War, the sisters grow up guided by their mother, Marmee, who runs the household and shapes her daughters' characters. Domesticity, work and true love are the book's great themes. Alcott portrayed herself in Jo, a character who has influenced later writers such as Margaret Atwood and J. K. Rowling, and the novel has been called the first vision of the “All-American girl”.
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01CHAPTER ONE PLAYING PILGRIMS02CHAPTER TWO A MERRY CHRISTMAS03CHAPTER THREE THE LAURENCE BOY04CHAPTER FOUR BURDENS05CHAPTER FIVE BEING NEIGHBORLY06CHAPTER SIX BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL07CHAPTER SEVEN AMY’S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION08CHAPTER EIGHT JO MEETS APOLLYON09CHAPTER NINE MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR10CHAPTER TEN THE P.C. AND P.O.11CHAPTER ELEVEN EXPERIMENTS12CHAPTER TWELVE CAMP LAURENCE13CHAPTER THIRTEEN CASTLES IN THE AIR14CHAPTER FOURTEEN SECRETS15CHAPTER FIFTEEN A TELEGRAM16CHAPTER SIXTEEN LETTERS17CHAPTER SEVENTEEN LITTLE FAITHFUL18CHAPTER EIGHTEEN DARK DAYS19CHAPTER NINETEEN AMY’S WILL20CHAPTER TWENTY CONFIDENTIAL21CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE22CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO PLEASANT MEADOWS23CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION24CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR GOSSIP25CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE THE FIRST WEDDING26CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS27CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN LITERARY LESSONS28CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES29CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE CALLS30CHAPTER THIRTY CONSEQUENCES31CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT32CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO TENDER TROUBLES33CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE JO’S JOURNAL34CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR FRIEND35CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE HEARTACHE36CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX BETH’S SECRET37CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN NEW IMPRESSIONS38CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT ON THE SHELF39CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE LAZY LAURENCE40CHAPTER FORTY THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW41CHAPTER FORTY-ONE LEARNING TO FORGET42CHAPTER FORTY-TWO ALL ALONE43CHAPTER FORTY-THREE SURPRISES44CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR MY LORD AND LADY45CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE DAISY AND DEMI46CHAPTER FORTY-SIX UNDER THE UMBRELLA47CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN HARVEST TIME