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Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March live with their mother Marmee while their father serves away from home. Jo wants to write; Meg dreams of gentility; Beth quietly nurtures; Amy sketches society's approval. Alcott follows their quarrels, sacrifices, friendships, and first loves with domestic detail that feels lived-in rather than sentimental. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, Little Women asks what it means to become yourself when money is tight and expectations differ for each sister. Generations have found in Jo a mirror for creative stubbornness and in the whole family a model of mutual support through ordinary hardship.
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