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  • Published: 1 August 2012
  • ISBN: 9780099572961
  • Imprint: Vintage Children's Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $21.00

Little Women




Enter the world of the Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - the sisters who have inspired and enchanted readers for generations


Discover this beautiful and charming classic book behind the new major film.
'Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another'

Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is away fighting in the Civil War, and the family has fallen on hard times. But although they may be poor, life for the four March sisters is rich with colour, as they play games, put on wild theatricals, make new friends, argue, grapple with their vices, learn from their mistakes, nurse each other through sickness and disappointments, and get into all sorts of trouble.

BACKSTORY: Learn all about the author's life and how it inspired her famous story, and find out which of the March sisters you most resemble!

  • Published: 1 August 2012
  • ISBN: 9780099572961
  • Imprint: Vintage Children's Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $21.00

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About the author

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832 in Pennsylvania. Her father was friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. Alcott started selling stories in order to help provide financial support for her family. Her first book was Flower Fables (1854). She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War and in 1863 she published Hospital Sketches, which was based on her experiences. Little Women was published in 1868 and was based on her life growing up with her three sisters. She followed it with three sequels, Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886) and she also wrote other books for both children and adults. Louisa May Alcott was an abolitionist and a campaigner for women's rights. She died on 6 March 1888.

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Praise for Little Women

A Beautiful heartwarming read

Cathy Rentzenbrink, Prima

Timeless.

Helen Dunmore, Daily Express

Six generations of readers have found in the story of the March family universal truths about girls, families and growing up

Guardian

I try to get every girly girl to read this one because those four sisters are so real. Everybody's favourite is Jo, the tomboy who wants to be a writer

Jacqueline Wilson

Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is as much a part of every girl's childhood as her first pair of ballet shoes and the Brothers Grimm

Mail on Sunday

Deals with life's big questions - love and death, war and peace, and ambition versus family responsibility - in a way that is inspiring and realistic. Use a hankie as a bookmark - tears are guaranteed

Marie Claire

A wonderful story... As a child, I strongly identified with Jo because she is a writer

Jacqueline Wilson