Little Women
- First published
- 1868
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"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.
- Autobiographical fiction
- Young women
- Sisters
- Domestic fiction
- Family life
- New England
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #37106. Little Women on Wikipedia.
