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Little Women is the classic coming-of-age tale of four sisters on their journey to adulthood. Though today itโs considered a classic, Little Women almost wasnโt written: Alcott wanted to publish a collection of short stories instead, but her publisher and her father pressed her to write a book that would appeal to a wide audience of young girls.
The first volume was written quickly and published in 1868; it was a huge success, and Alcott composed volume 2 just as quickly and published it in 1869. By her own account she didnโt enjoy writing them, and both she and her publisher agreed the first few chapters were dullโit almost goes without saying they were pleasantly shocked at the positive reception the volumes received.
By 1927 it had been acknowledged as one of the most widely-read novels of the era, and remains widely read today.
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โThereโs no need for me to say it, for everyone can see that Iโm far happier than I deserve,โ added Jo, glancing from her good husband to her chubby children, tumbling on the grass beside her. โFritz is getting gray and stout; Iโm growing as thin as a shadow, and am thirty; we never shall be rich, and Plumfield may burn up any night, for that incorrigible Tommy Bangs will smoke sweet-fern cigars under the bedclothes, though heโs set himself afire three times already. But in spite of these unromantic facts, I have nothing to complain of, and never was so jolly in my life. Excuse the remark, but living among boys, I canโt help using their expressions now and then.โ
โYes, Jo, I think your harvest will be a good one,โ began Mrs. March, frightening away a big black cricket that was staring Teddy out of countenance.
โNot half so good as yours, mother. Here it is, and we never can thank you enough for the patient sowing and reaping you have done,โ cried Jo, with the loving impetuosity which she never could outgrow.
โI hope there will be more wheat and fewer tares every year,โ said Amy softly.
โA large sheaf, but I know thereโs room in your heart for it, Marmee dear,โ added Megโs tender voice.
Touched to the heart, Mrs. March could only stretch out her arms, as if to gather children and grandchildren to herself, and say, with face and voice full of motherly love, gratitude, and humilityโ โ
โO, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!โ
ColophonLittle Women
was published in 1868 and 1869 by
Louisa May Alcott.
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