Alcott subsequently wrote two sequels to her popular work, both also featuring the March sisters: Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). The two volumes were issued in 1880 as a single novel titled Little Women. Alcott quickly completed a second volume (titled Good Wives in the United Kingdom, though the name originated with the publisher and not Alcott). Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success, with readers eager for more about the characters.
Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters, : 202 it is classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters-Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy-and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Meg is about to get married, Jo is attempting to launch a literary career, Beth has sadly never recovered from her scarlet fever and is now virtually housebound, and little Amy is maturing fast, and about to go off travelling with a wealthy aunt.Įach girl is struggling with her own problems for Meg, she must learn to be a good wife and mother, and juggle the demands of the two Jo must learn how to maintain her morals in a corrupt business, and rein in her headstrong and often selfish nature Beth has to come to terms with the fact that she may never grow old, and learn to enjoy the time she has left without dwelling on what may come, and Amy must learn to put others first, and understand that money and fine thingsĪre nothing in comparison to a good heart and unconditional love.Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes in 18 at the request of her publisher.
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