Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

Contents

[PART 1]
[CHAPTER ONE PLAYING PILGRIMS]
[CHAPTER TWO A MERRY CHRISTMAS]
[CHAPTER THREE THE LAURENCE BOY]
[CHAPTER FOUR BURDENS]
[CHAPTER FIVE BEING NEIGHBORLY]
[CHAPTER SIX BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL]
[CHAPTER SEVEN AMY’S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION]
[CHAPTER EIGHT JO MEETS APOLLYON]
[CHAPTER NINE MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR]
[CHAPTER TEN THE P.C. AND P.O.]
[CHAPTER ELEVEN EXPERIMENTS]
[CHAPTER TWELVE CAMP LAURENCE]
[CHAPTER THIRTEEN CASTLES IN THE AIR]
[CHAPTER FOURTEEN SECRETS]
[CHAPTER FIFTEEN A TELEGRAM]
[CHAPTER SIXTEEN LETTERS]
[CHAPTER SEVENTEEN LITTLE FAITHFUL]
[CHAPTER EIGHTEEN DARK DAYS]
[CHAPTER NINETEEN AMY’S WILL]
[CHAPTER TWENTY CONFIDENTIAL]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO PLEASANT MEADOWS]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION]
[PART 2]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR GOSSIP]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE THE FIRST WEDDING]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN LITERARY LESSONS]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE CALLS]
[CHAPTER THIRTY CONSEQUENCES]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO TENDER TROUBLES]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE JO’S JOURNAL]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR FRIEND]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE HEARTACHE]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX BETH’S SECRET]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN NEW IMPRESSIONS]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT ON THE SHELF]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE LAZY LAURENCE]
[CHAPTER FORTY THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW]
[CHAPTER FORTY-ONE LEARNING TO FORGET]
[CHAPTER FORTY-TWO ALL ALONE]
[CHAPTER FORTY-THREE SURPRISES]
[CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR MY LORD AND LADY]
[CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE DAISY AND DEMI]
[CHAPTER FORTY-SIX UNDER THE UMBRELLA]
[CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN HARVEST TIME]

PART 1

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 things, and other girls nothing at all,” added little Amy, with an injured sniff.