Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is one of the best-loved books of all time. Ever since its first appearance in 1868, countless readers have fallen in love with the four sisters of the March family, the talented and tomboyish Jo, the beautiful Meg, the frail Beth, and the spoiled Amy, as they pass through the years between girlhood and womanhood. Based on Louisa May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of growing up in the nineteenth century possess a lasting vitality that has made it one of the most enduring books in all of children's literature.
About the Author
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Little Women is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters.
