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Little Women

Genre
Drama
Rating
PG
Released
21 December, 1994
Little Women

Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. Originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, Alcott wrote the book over several months at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters, it is classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success, with readers eager for more about the characters. Alcott quickly completed a second volume. It also met with success. The two volumes were issued in 1880 as a single novel titled Little Women. Alcott subsequently wrote two sequels to her popular work, both also featuring the March sisters: Little Men and Jo's Boys.

Author Louisa May Alcott
Series Little Women
Publisher Roberts Brothers
Followed by Little Men

About Little Women

Based on the Louisa May Alcott classic, the March sisters come of age in mid-1800s Massachusettes.

Achievement of Little Women

This was the fourth film adaptation of the book. It received a total of three Academy Award nominations including Best Actress for Winona Ryder.

Top Facts You Did Not Know About Little Women

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Latest information about Little Women updated on July 28 2021.