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Little Women

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A beloved family novel about four sisters, childhood, work, love, sacrifice, creativity, and growing up.

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Little Women

Little Women follows Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March as they move from childhood toward adulthood during and after the American Civil War. Louisa May Alcott’s classic blends domestic life, ambition, sisterhood, moral growth, and emotional warmth. This BooksWhale edition presents the English original text for online reading, EPUB, and PDF.

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Louisa May Alcott died in 1888, and Little Women was first published in 1868–1869. These dates support the public-domain basis for this English original edition.

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Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

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“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

“It’s so dreadful to be poor!” sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

“I don’t think it’s fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all,” added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

“We’ve got Father and Mother, and each other,” said Beth contentedly from her corner.

The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, “We haven’t got Father, and shall not have him for a long time.” She didn’t say “perhaps never,” but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.

Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, “You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We can’t do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don’t,” and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.

“But I don’t think the little we should spend would do any good. We’ve each got a dollar, and the army wouldn’t be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy Undine and Sintran for myself. I’ve wanted it so long,” said Jo, who was a bookworm.

“I planned to spend mine in new music,” said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth brush and kettle-holder.

“I shall get a nice box of Faber’s drawing pencils; I really need them,” said Amy decidedly.

“Mother didn’t say anything about our money, and she won’t wish us to give up everything. Let’s each buy what we want, and have a little fun; I’m sure we work hard enough to earn it,” cried Jo, examining the heels of her shoes in a gentlemanly manner.

“I know I do—teaching those tiresome children nearly all day, when I’m longing to enjoy myself at home,” began Meg, in the complaining tone again.

“You don’t have half such a hard time as I do,” said Jo. “How would you like to be shut up for hours with a nervous, fussy old lady, who keeps you trotting, is never satisfied, and worries you till you’re ready to fly out the window or cry?”

“It’s naughty to fret, but I do think washing dishes and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the world. It makes me cross, and my hands get so stiff, I can’t practice well at all.” And Beth looked at her rough hands with a sigh that any one could hear that time.

“I don’t believe any of you suffer as I do,” cried Amy, “for you don’t have to go to school with impertinent girls, who plague you if you don’t know your lessons, and laugh at your dresses, and label your father if he isn’t rich, and insult you when your nose isn’t nice.”

“If you mean libel, I’d say so, and not talk about labels, as if Papa was a pickle bottle,” advised Jo, laughing.

“I know what I mean, and you needn’t be statirical about it. It’s proper to use good words, and improve your vocabilary,” returned Amy, with dignity.

“Don’t peck at one another, children. Don’t you wish we had the money Papa lost when we were little, Jo? Dear me! How happy and good we’d be, if we had no worries!” said Meg, who could remember better times.

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In questa edizione

  1. 01Full text
  2. 02Part 1
  3. 03Chapter One — Playing Pilgrims
  4. 04Chapter Two — A Merry Christmas
  5. 05Chapter Three — The Laurence Boy
  6. 06Chapter Four — Burdens
  7. 07Chapter Five — Being Neighborly
  8. 08Chapter Six — Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful
  9. 09Chapter Seven — Amy’s Valley of Humiliation
  10. 10Chapter Eight — Jo Meets Apollyon
  11. 11Chapter Nine — Meg Goes to Vanity Fair
  12. 12Chapter Ten — The P.C. and P.O.
  13. 13Chapter Eleven — Experiments
  14. 14Chapter Twelve — Camp Laurence
  15. 15Chapter Thirteen — Castles in the Air
  16. 16Chapter Fourteen — Secrets
  17. 17Chapter Fifteen — A Telegram
  18. 18Chapter Sixteen — Letters
  19. 19Chapter Seventeen — Little Faithful
  20. 20Chapter Eighteen — Dark Days
  21. 21Chapter Nineteen — Amy’s Will
  22. 22Chapter Twenty — Confidential
  23. 23Chapter Twenty-One — Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace
  24. 24Chapter Twenty-Two — Pleasant Meadows
  25. 25Chapter Twenty-Three — Aunt March Settles the Question
  26. 26Part 2
  27. 27Chapter Twenty-Four — Gossip
  28. 28Chapter Twenty-Five — The First Wedding
  29. 29Chapter Twenty-Six — Artistic Attempts
  30. 30Chapter Twenty-Seven — Literary Lessons
  31. 31Chapter Twenty-Eight — Domestic Experiences
  32. 32Chapter Twenty-Nine — Calls
  33. 33Chapter Thirty — Consequences
  34. 34Chapter Thirty-One — Our Foreign Correspondent
  35. 35Chapter Thirty-Two — Tender Troubles
  36. 36Chapter Thirty-Three — Jo’s Journal
  37. 37Chapter Thirty-Four — Friend
  38. 38Chapter Thirty-Five — Heartache
  39. 39Chapter Thirty-Six — Beth’s Secret
  40. 40Chapter Thirty-Seven — New Impressions
  41. 41Chapter Thirty-Eight — On the Shelf
  42. 42Chapter Thirty-Nine — Lazy Laurence
  43. 43Chapter Forty — The Valley of the Shadow
  44. 44Chapter Forty-One — Learning to Forget
  45. 45Chapter Forty-Two — All Alone
  46. 46Chapter Forty-Three — Surprises
  47. 47Chapter Forty-Four — My Lord and Lady
  48. 48Chapter Forty-Five — Daisy and Demi
  49. 49Chapter Forty-Six — Under the Umbrella
  50. 50Chapter Forty-Seven — Harvest Time

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