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Little Women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy was a novel published by Louisa May Alcott in two parts in 1868 and 1869. Her editor, Thomas Niles, recommended that she write a book for girls. Read more about Little Women.
Books Made Into Movies
Great classics like Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and Homer's "Iliad" have been made into movies. Of course, it's nothing new. Over the years, many fantastic movies have been based on literary classics.
Collected Works: Louisa May Alcott
Read the collected works of Louisa May Alcott.
Literary Cookbooks
Whether the characters are eating, drinking, or in other ways making merry, food is an important part of many novels, poems, and other literary works. Taste the flavors of books and literature as you read about favorite characters from literary masters. Read more about cooking and literature!
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Read "Little Women," by Louisa May Alcott.
Marmee -- Little Women
In "Little Women," Marmee offers moral guidance and unconditional love to her girls: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Read more about Marmee and her "little women" in Louisa May Alcott's famous novel.
Mother-Daughter Books
Books about mother-daughter relationships are filled with the joy and tragedy of growing up, finding love, overcoming disaster, and all the other stuff that life is made up of. Read more about mothers and daughters, with these books.
Romantic Period Fiction - American Literature
The Romantic Period originated in Germany. Writers like Wordsworth and Coleridge are famous Romantic writers in England. In American literature, famous writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and Nathaniel Hawthorne created fiction during the Romantic Period in the United States. Explore the American fiction from the Romantic Period.

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