Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

In this richly annotated, illustrated edition, Daniel Shealy illuminates the novel's deep engagement with issues such as social equality, reform movements, the Civil War, friendship, love, loss, and of course the passage into adulthood. The editor provides running commentary on biographic contexts, social and historical contexts, literary allusions, and words likely to cause difficulty to modern readers. With Shealy as a guide, we appreciate anew...

Chronicles the humorous and sentimental fortunes of the four March sisters--Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth--as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.

As they prepare for Christmas, the March sisters have a difficult time deciding what gifts to give Marmee. Taken from the first two chapters of "Little Women," with a new ending to the story.

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.