Little Women

Louisa May Alcott · 1868 CE · Novel · Modern / American · Victorian

With their father away at the war and money short, the four March sisters hold a New England household together on theatricals, charity and quarrels. Each pushes at the edges of what a girl is allowed to want - Jo at writing, Amy at art, Meg at comfort, Beth at being left in peace. The domestic epic of American girlhood.

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• reworks ↑ The Pilgrim's Progress
  John Bunyan · 1678 CE · Novel
• ↓ Little Women
  Greta Gerwig · 2019 CE · Film — adapts this

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