Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Alcott, Louisa May (1832–1888).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy" by Louisa May Alcott is a coming-of-age novel published in 1868-1869. The story follows four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—as they navigate the passage from childhood to womanhood in Civil War-era Massachusetts. Loosely based on Alcott's own family, the novel explores themes of domesticity, work, and love while depicting the joys and struggles of nineteenth-century women's lives. Through their adventures and challenges, the March sisters embody different aspects of young American womanhood.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
- Author credits: Alcott, Louisa May (1832–1888)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Autobiographical fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Domestic fiction
- Family life -- New England -- Fiction
- March family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- New England -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Young women -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
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