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Title: Little Women

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Posting Date: September 13, 2008 [EBook #514]
Release Date: May, 1996
[This file last updated on August 19, 2010]

Language: English

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LITTLE WOMEN

by

Louisa May Alcott

CONTENTS

PART 1

ONE PLAYING PILGRIMS
TWO A MERRY CHRISTMAS
THREE THE LAURENCE BOY
FOUR BURDENS
FIVE BEING NEIGHBORLY
SIX BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL
SEVEN AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
EIGHT JO MEETS APOLLYON
NINE MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR
TEN THE P.C. AND P.O.
ELEVEN EXPERIMENTS
TWELVE CAMP LAURENCE
THIRTEEN CASTLES IN THE AIR
FOURTEEN SECRETS
FIFTEEN A TELEGRAM
SIXTEEN LETTERS
SEVENTEEN LITTLE FAITHFUL
EIGHTEEN DARK DAYS
NINETEEN AMY'S WILL
TWENTY CONFIDENTIAL
TWENTY-ONE LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE
TWENTY-TWO PLEASANT MEADOWS
TWENTY-THREE AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION

PART 2

TWENTY-FOUR GOSSIP
TWENTY-FIVE THE FIRST WEDDING
TWENTY-SIX ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS
TWENTY-SEVEN LITERARY LESSONS
TWENTY-EIGHT DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES
TWENTY-NINE CALLS
THIRTY CONSEQUENCES
THIRTY-ONE OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
THIRTY-TWO TENDER TROUBLES
THIRTY-THREE JO'S JOURNAL
THIRTY-FOUR FRIEND
THIRTY-FIVE HEARTACHE
THIRTY-SIX BETH'S SECRET
THIRTY-SEVEN NEW IMPRESSIONS
THIRTY-EIGHT ON THE SHELF
THIRTY-NINE LAZY LAURENCE
FORTY THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
FORTY-ONE LEARNING TO FORGET
FORTY-TWO ALL ALONE
FORTY-THREE SURPRISES
FORTY-FOUR MY LORD AND LADY
FORTY-FIVE DAISY AND DEMI
FORTY-SIX UNDER THE UMBRELLA
FORTY-SEVEN HARVEST TIME

CHAPTER ONE

PLAYING PILGRIMS

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying
on the rug.

"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old
dress.

"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty