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Synopsis

Little women is a coming-of-age novel written by american novelist louisa may alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. 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.bookoriginaly published in two volumes, with good wives(later in this edition renamed little wonen married) beginning three years after little women ends,

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Preface: adapted fromJohn Bunyan's novel The Pilgrim's Progress. Little Women has several textual and structural references to John Bunyan's novel The Pilgrim's Progress.[44] Jo and her sisters read it at the outset of the book and try to follow the good example of Bunyan's Christian. Throughout the novel, the main characters refer many times to The Pilgrim's Progress and liken the events in their own lives to the experiences of the pilgrims. Several chapter titles directly reference characters and places from The Pilgrim's Progress. Early edition of Little Women. No date shown, but circa 1898, as previous owner inscription dated 1898. Green illustrated boards with titles in gold shields to front and spine. George Routledge and Sons crest on back board in black. 219 pages : Illustrations ; 22 cm. 6 full page black and white illustrations.