Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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Little-Women-by-Louisa-May-Alcott:Generations-of-readers-young-and-old,-male-and-female-have-fallen-in-love-with-the-March-sisters-of-Louisa-May-Alcott’s-most-popular-and-enduring-novel, Little-Women.Here-are-talented-tomboy-and-author-to-be-Jo,-tragically-frail-Beth,-beautiful-Meg,-and-romantic,-spoiled-Amy,-united-in-their-devotion-to-each-other-and-their-struggles-to-survive-in-New-England-during-the-Civil-War.It-is-no-secret-that-Alcott-based Little-Women on-her-own-early-life.While-her-father,-the-freethinking-reformer-and-abolitionist-Bronson-Alcott,hobnobbed-with-such-eminent-male-authors-as-Emerson,-Thoreau,and-Hawthorne,-Louisa-supported-herself-and-her-sisters-with-“woman’s-work,”including-sewing,-doing-laundry,-and-acting-as-a-domestic-servant.But-she-soon-discovered-she-could-make-more-money-writing. Little-Women brought-her-lasting-fame-and-fortune,and-far-from-being-the-“girl’s-book”-her-publisher-requested,it-explores-such-timeless-themes-as-love-and-death,-war-and-peace,the-conflict-between-personal-ambition-and-family-responsibilities,-and-the-clash-of-cultures-between-Europe-and-America.