Little Women

First published in 1868-69, this novel follows the four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - in a New England town during the American Civil War, while their father serves as a chaplain. Under their mother Marmee's care they put on plays, write a family paper, visit the poor, and learn to govern temper, vanity, and ambition. Their neighbour Theodore Laurence, called Laurie, becomes a companion and suitor in the making. Jo writes and resists a conventional match; Meg leans toward domesticity; Beth's health and Amy's art mark other paths. The book is a domestic chronicle of girlhood and work, not a war novel at the front.

Bound in light blue canvas blocked with a dark blue design. Khaki slipcase.