Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Apr 2014 · Little Women Book 1 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

The iconic novel of American girlhood, and basis for the film adaptation by acclaimed writer-director, Greta Gerwig.
 
Beautiful and proper Meg, headstrong Jo, gentle Beth, pampered little Amy—generations of young women have recognized themselves in one or more of the devoted March sisters. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War and the changing seasons of New England, the story of their passage from adolescence to adulthood—from a Christmas without presents to a glorious fall day in a bountiful apple orchard, from castles in the air to real-life hearths and homes—is just as touching and illuminating today as it was a century and a half ago.
 
Based on author Louisa May Alcott’s own childhood and early career as a writer, Little Women is her masterpiece and one of the most popular novels of all time.

Ratings and reviews

I’ve been listening to this classic on audible as it’s part of my subscription and I got it free to read this book 1 hour is very young and absolutely adored it and really enjoyed the movie adaptations for it especially with Christian Bale as Teddy. This book is absolutely amazing I just love everything about it and the oddball one that I’ve listened to has a full cast as well as sound effects and it’s just absolutely amazing to listen to it’s made me love the book even more would highly recommend it for anybody if you haven’t read it it’s a classic it’s a American Jane Austen and it’s just amazing onto the next one

I found this to be so much more enjoyable than I was expecting. I really liked it and got all caught up in the goings on of this family. I don't know how I missed reading it when I was growing up. I think the storyline was entertaining while also having several morals. After reading, I was left with a good feeling.

This book surpassed all expectations; causing me to dread finishing it. A fulfilling read that stays with you past its pages. Well done.

About the author

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was an American author best known for her novel Little Women. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, she was educated by her father, the transcendentalist Bronson Alcott, as well as by family friends Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. She was a Union Army nurse in the Civil War and published sensationalist novels under the nom de plume A. M. Barnard before finding lasting success as a children’s author with Little Women and its three sequels.