Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Mar 2008 · Puffin · Narrated by Kate Harper

About this audiobook

A timeless classic story, Louisa Alcott's Little Women is brought to life on this abridged, downloadable audiobook by Kate Harper.

Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there's tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there's Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together they are the March sisters. Even though money is short, times are tough and their father is away at war, their infectious sense of fun sweeps everyone up in their adventures - including Laurie, the boy next door. And through sisterly squabbles, their happy times and sad ones too, the sisters discover that growing up is sometimes very hard to do.

About the author

Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Louisa's childhood at "Hillside" served as the basis for the action in her most popular novel, Little Women, which she wrote as an adult living in "Orchard House." The title of Ms. Alcott's first published short story was 'The Rival Painters: A Tale of Rome' (1852), and her first published book was Flower Fables (1854). She died at age 55 on March 6, 1888.