Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

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Illustrations

I. Playing Pilgrims.

II. A Merry Christmas.

III. The Laurence Boy.

IV. Burdens.

V. Being Neighborly.

VI. Beth finds the Palace Beautiful.

VII. Amy's Valley of Humiliation.

VIII. Jo Meets Apollyon.

IX. Meg goes to Vanity Fair.

X. The P. C. and P. O.

XI. Experiments.

XII. Camp Laurence

XIII. Castles in the Air.

XIV. Secrets.

XV. A Telegram.

XVI. Letters.

XVII. Little Faithful.

XVIII. Dark Days.

XIX. Amy's Will.

XX. Confidential.

XXI. Laurie makes Mischief, and Jo makes Peace.

XXII. Pleasant Meadows.

XXIII. Aunt March settles the Question.

XXIV. Gossip.

XXV. The First Wedding.

XXVI. Artistic Attempts.

XXVII. Literary Lessons.

XXVIII. Domestic Experiences.

XXIX. Calls.

XXX. Consequences.

XXXI. Our Foreign Correspondent.

XXXII. Tender Troubles.

XXXIII. Jo's Journal.

XXXIV. A Friend.

XXXV. Heartache.

XXXVI. Beth's Secret.

XXXVII. New Impressions.

XXXVIII. On the Shelf.

XXXIX. Lazy Laurence.

XL. The Valley of the Shadow.

XLI. Learning to Forget.

XLII. All Alone.

XLIII. Surprises

XLIV. My Lord and Lady.

XLV. Daisy and Demi.

XLVI. Under the Umbrella.

XLVII. Harvest Time.

The Works of Louisa May Alcott

Transcriber's Notes

Title: Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

Author: Louisa M. Alcott

Illustrator: Frank T. Merrill

Last Update: August 8, 2017.

Language: English

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Produced by David Edwards, Ernest Schaal, Robert Homa, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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LITTLE WOMEN.


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iii

LITTLE WOMEN

OR

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy


BY

LOUISA M. ALCOTT

AUTHOR OF "LITTLE MEN," "AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL"
"SPINNING-WHEEL STORIES," ETC.


With more than 200 illustrations by Frank T. Merrill and a picture of the Home of the Little Women by Edmund H. Garrett




BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY


iv Entered according to Act of Congress, in the years 1868 and 1869, by

LOUISA M. ALCOTT,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Copyright, 1880,

By LOUISA M. ALCOTT.

Copyright, 1896,

By JOHN S. P. ALCOTT.



BOSTON

Alfred Mudge & Son Inc. Printers


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"Go then, my little Book, and show to all

That entertain and bid thee welcome shall,

What thou dost keep close shut up in thy breast;

And wish what thou dost show them may be blest

To them for good, may make them choose to be

Pilgrims better, by far, than thee or me.

Tell them of Mercy; she is one

Who early hath her pilgrimage begun.

Yea, let young damsels learn of her to prize

The world which is to come, and so be wise;

For little tripping maids may follow God

Along the ways which saintly feet have trod."

Adapted from John Bunyan.



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