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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

Type of Work:

Sentimental, life drama

Setting

A small New England town; mid 1800s

Principal Characters

Mrs. March ("Marinee"), mother of four daughters
Mr. March, her husband, and army chaplain in the U.S. Civil War
Meg, their 16-year-old daughter
Jo, 15, wants to be an independent writer (and serves as the novel's narrator)
Beth, a frail girl of 13, the "heart" of her family
Amy, 12, the beautiful pampered youngest daughter
Theodore Lawrence (Laurie), the boy who moves in next door