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Historical FictionSamurai & Feudal JapanPirate Fiction

Little Women

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  • 1848 first published
  • 423 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (126 ratings)
  • 1,889 editions
  • 🎧 19 h 38 min free audiobook
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Little Women is an 1848 historical fiction and feudal-Japan fiction novel by Louisa May Alcott. It takes readers to Nouvelle-Angleterre and New England in the 19th century. It features March family-Fiction, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) and Jo March. Readers will find themes of jeunes filles, soeurs, sisters and young women.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 126 ratings, and 2,557 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 1,889 editions across 15 languages.

At about 423 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours. A free LibriVox audiobook (19 h 38 min) is available.

About Little Women

Louisa May Alcotts classic novel, set during the Civil War, has always captivated even the most reluctant readers. Little girls, especially, love following the adventures of the four March sisters--Meg, Beth, Amy, and most of all, the tomboy Jo--as they experience the joys and disappointments, tragedies and triumphs, of growing up. This simpler version captures all the charm and warmth of the original.
Description from Open Library

Free audiobook

Little Women — LibriVox recording, 19 h 38 min in 47 sections.

Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • March family-Fiction
  • Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
  • Jo March
  • Beth March
  • Meg March
  • Amy March
  • Gospođa March

Subjects

  • Jeunes filles
  • Soeurs
  • Sisters
  • Young women
  • Women
  • Family life
  • Literatura Norte Americana
  • Families
  • March family
  • Domestic fiction
  • Bildungsromans
  • Historical fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • New england
  • American fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Mothers and daughters

Quick answers

Who wrote Little Women?

Little Women was written by Louisa May Alcott and first published in 1848.

What genre is Little Women?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction, Samurai & Feudal Japan, Pirate Fiction and Adventure.

How long is Little Women?

The median edition has 423 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is there a free audiobook of Little Women?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 19 h 38 min.

What books are similar to Little Women?

Readers who like it often enjoy Heart of a Samurai, Young Samurai and Young Samurai The Way Of The Dragon.

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