Little Women

Outline

Little Women (1868) follows the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, as they grow up in New England while their father is away during the American Civil War. Each sister has her own dreams and struggles, and together with their loving mother they face hardship, loss, and the challenges of growing up. Louisa M. Alcott’s beloved classic celebrates family, independence, kindness, and resilience.

• The four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, grow up in New England while their father is away during the American Civil War.
• Each sister has her own dreams and struggles, so growing up looks different for every one of them.
• With their loving mother's support, the sisters face hardship, loss, and the challenges of growing up together.
• Family, independence, kindness, and resilience are the values the story celebrates from beginning to end.
• Love, courage, and creativity help the sisters defy expectations and shape their own futures.

Louisa M. Alcott (1832–1888) was an American novelist and short story writer. She grew up in Massachusetts in a family of thinkers and reformers and began writing to help support her family. Little Women, inspired by her own life with her sisters, made her famous, and she followed it with Little Men and Jo’s Boys.