Published in 1868, Little Women follows the four March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy — as they come of age in a New England household during the years of the American Civil War. Louisa May Alcott drew heavily on her own family life to create a novel that balances domestic warmth with genuine questions about ambition, sacrifice, love, and the roles available to women in nineteenth-century America.
Jo March in particular has inspired generations of readers as a proto-feminist heroine who refuses to be defined by convention. Download this free EPUB from Better Gutenberg and revisit — or discover for the first time — one of American literature’s most beloved stories.