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Little WomenLouisa May Alcott
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Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)

  • 47chapters
  • 189,430words
  • 13 h 44 minto read
  • 23,413downloads

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott is a coming-of-age novel published in 1868-1869. The story follows the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they navigate their passage from childhood to womanhood in Civil War-era Massachusetts. Loosely based on Alcott's own family, the novel explores themes of domesticity, work, and true love while depicting the sisters' struggles with genteel poverty, their father's absence as a Union Army chaplain, and their journey toward individual identity in nineteenth-century America.

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Chapters

47 total
  1. 1PART 1 — CHAPTER ONE PLAYING PILGRIMS4,192 words
  2. 2CHAPTER TWO A MERRY CHRISTMAS4,126 words
  3. 3CHAPTER THREE THE LAURENCE BOY4,013 words
  4. 4CHAPTER FOUR BURDENS4,828 words
  5. 5CHAPTER FIVE BEING NEIGHBORLY4,565 words
  6. 6CHAPTER SIX BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL2,734 words
  7. 7CHAPTER SEVEN AMY’S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION2,674 words
  8. 8CHAPTER EIGHT JO MEETS APOLLYON4,356 words
  9. 9CHAPTER NINE MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR6,400 words
  10. 10CHAPTER TEN THE P.C. AND P.O.3,400 words
  11. 11CHAPTER ELEVEN EXPERIMENTS4,301 words
  12. 12CHAPTER TWELVE CAMP LAURENCE7,465 words
  13. 13CHAPTER THIRTEEN CASTLES IN THE AIR3,622 words
  14. 14CHAPTER FOURTEEN SECRETS3,432 words
  15. 15CHAPTER FIFTEEN A TELEGRAM3,379 words
  16. 16CHAPTER SIXTEEN LETTERS2,941 words
  17. 17CHAPTER SEVENTEEN LITTLE FAITHFUL2,710 words
  18. 18CHAPTER EIGHTEEN DARK DAYS3,315 words
  19. 19CHAPTER NINETEEN AMY’S WILL3,318 words
  20. 20CHAPTER TWENTY CONFIDENTIAL2,765 words
  21. 21CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE4,534 words
  22. 22CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO PLEASANT MEADOWS2,544 words
  23. 23CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION4,401 words
  24. 24PART 2 — CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR GOSSIP4,453 words
  25. 25CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE THE FIRST WEDDING2,519 words
  26. 26CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS3,954 words
  27. 27CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN LITERARY LESSONS2,916 words
  28. 28CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES5,833 words
  29. 29CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE CALLS4,959 words
  30. 30CHAPTER THIRTY CONSEQUENCES4,507 words
  31. 31CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT3,955 words
  32. 32CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO TENDER TROUBLES4,409 words
  33. 33CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE JO’S JOURNAL5,106 words
  34. 34CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR FRIEND5,999 words
  35. 35CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE HEARTACHE4,113 words
  36. 36CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX BETH’S SECRET2,246 words
  37. 37CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN NEW IMPRESSIONS4,274 words
  38. 38CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT ON THE SHELF4,894 words
  39. 39CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE LAZY LAURENCE5,216 words
  40. 40CHAPTER FORTY THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW2,092 words
  41. 41CHAPTER FORTY-ONE LEARNING TO FORGET4,951 words
  42. 42CHAPTER FORTY-TWO ALL ALONE3,186 words
  43. 43CHAPTER FORTY-THREE SURPRISES6,309 words
  44. 44CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR MY LORD AND LADY1,956 words
  45. 45CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE DAISY AND DEMI2,245 words
  46. 46CHAPTER FORTY-SIX UNDER THE UMBRELLA5,149 words
  47. 47CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN HARVEST TIME4,174 words

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