Little Women
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creator: Alcott, Louisa May
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full text: LITTLE WOMEN by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT This text was digitized (typed by hand) by Ted & Florence Daniel New Wave Publishers 2103 N. Liberty Street Portland OR 97217-4971 BBS: (503) 286-5577 This text is in the public domain. FORWARD LOUISA MAY ALCOTT 1832-1888 Louisa May Alcott's novel brings to life vividly the life of New England during the nineteenth century. A life that was tranquil, secure, and productive. It is little wonder, for she drew on her own and on her family's experiences for her work. As one of four daughters growing up in Boston. At the age of eight, she moved with her family to nearby Concord. There she spent the happiest years of her younger life, even though she experienced the constant threat of pov- erty. She counted as friends the children of Hawthorne and Em- erson. The Alcott was only a modest cottage, but the girls made use of a neighboring barn to perform plays written by Louisa May. She was educated at home, and became a school teacher in Boston. She saw her first story printed in a Boston newspaper at the age of twenty. Her first full-length book appeared two years later. Interrupting her career as a writer,she served as a nurse in a Washington hospital during the Civil War. The thing that pleased her most about her writing, as she became more and more well known, was the fact that sales of her books helped to make life more comfortable and less of a daily struggle for her parents in their later years. LITTLE WOMEN was published in 1869, and has gone on to be- come one of America's classics. This copy of LITTLE WOMEN has been transposed to disk and is supplied by NEW WAVE PUBLISHERS, 2103 N. LIBERTY STREET, PORTLAND, OR 97217-4971 UPLOADED FROM ELVIRA'S PINNACLE CLUB 286-5577 7 AM - 10 PM LITTLE WOMEN c 1869 by Louisa May Alcott CHAPTER ONE "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…