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Little WomenLittle Women
The four March sisters, Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy, grow up in genteel wartime poverty, chasing art, love, and independence. A warm, enduring coming-of-age.
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Far sharper and more modern than its cosy reputation, a warm, funny, clear-eyed story about sisters, art, money, and what a woman is allowed to want. Comfort reading with a spine.
SettingNew England, 1860s
New England during the Civil War, with fathers away at the front and genteel families making do on little, an age that prized female self-sacrifice while a few women quietly pursued careers of their own.
On screen & beyond
- George Cukor’s film (1933)
- Gillian Armstrong’s film (1994)
- Greta Gerwig’s film (2019)