Little Women

by Alcott, Louisa May | Interest age: from c 10 years
Published 07/09/2018 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of the Wordsworth Collector's Editions series
Hardback | 384 pages
136 x 184 x 35mm | 368g

Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family of the four March sisters living in a small New England community. Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve. The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Laurence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever.