Little Women. Good Wives

"Little Women" is a phenomenon that has influenced not only American culture but is also an incredibly relevant book today. A coming-of-age novel, family memoir, complex social chronicle, as well as one of the first examples of young adult literature.... A touching story about the coming of age of four sisters. The novel brought the author unprecedented fame, commercial success, and the love of readers. The problems faced by the girls are more relevant than ever: first love, bitter disappointment, painful separation, and the difficult search for oneself and one's place in life. The heroines are very different and unique. They cope with difficulties together, experience joys, and dream of the future. 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 neighboring Laurence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever.