Little Women (Signet Classics)

by Louisa May Alcott

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Series (with order)

Little Women (Book 1)

Canonical Title

Little Women

Original publication date

1868

Important places

Concord, Massachusetts, USA

New York, USA

People/Characters

Josephine March (Jo)

Margaret March (Meg)

Elizabeth March (Beth)

Amy March

Theodore Lawrence (Laurie)

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Awards and honors

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books (1997, No 13)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 18)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003)

Epigraph

First words

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0451529308, Paperback)

In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war.

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