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Little women / Louisa May Alcott ; introduction by Jane Smiley ; notes by Siobhan Kilfeather and Vinca Showalter.

Title
Little women / Louisa May Alcott ; introduction by Jane Smiley ; notes by Siobhan Kilfeather and Vinca Showalter.
Author
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
Publication
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 2007

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Additional Authors
Smiley, Jane.
Description
xvii, 504 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
The classic story of the March family whose 4 daughters are growing up in New England in the mid-1800s. There are numerous sequels, for example, Little Men and Jo's Boys. Annotation. Little Women is the heartwarming story of the March family that has thrilled generations of readers. It is the story of four sisters--Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth-- and of the courage, humor and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War.
Series Statement
Penguin classics
Uniform Title
Penguin classics.
Subject
  • March family (Fictitious characters) > Fiction
  • Mothers and daughters > Fiction
  • New England > Fiction
  • Sisters > Fiction
  • Young women > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographical fiction.
  • Domestic fiction
  • Domestic fiction.
  • Fiction
  • Fictional autobiographies
Note
  • "First published in the United States of America in two volumes by Roberts Brothers 1868 and 1869."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-504).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 0143105019
  • 9780143105015
OCLC
181734919
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library