Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg Jo Beth and Amy as their father is away fighting in the Civil War and the family has fallen on hard times.

But though they may be poor life for the four March sisters is rich with colour learn from their mistakes nurse each through sickness and disappointments and get into all sorts of trouble.|Louisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832 in Pennsylvania, and she grew up with plenty of books to read but seldom enough to eat
Louisa went to work when she was very young as a paid companion and teacher, but she loved writing most of all, and like Jo March she started selling sensational stories in order to help provide financial support for her family
She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War but the experience made her extremely ill
Little Women was published in 1868 and was based on her life growing up with her three sisters
She followed it with three sequels, Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886) and she also wrote other books for both children and adults
Louisa was also a campaigner for women's rights and the abolition of the slave trade
She died on 6 March 1888.|Discover this beautiful and charming classic book behind the new major film
'Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another'Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is away fighting in the Civil War, and the family has fallen on hard times
But although they may be poor, life for the four March sisters is rich with colour, as they play games, put on wild theatricals, make new friends, argue, grapple with their vices, learn from their mistakes, nurse each other through sickness and disappointments, and get into all sorts of trouble.BACKSTORY: Learn all about the author's life and how it inspired her famous story, and find out which of the March sisters you most resemble!|A Beautiful heartwarming read|Timeless.|I try to get every girly girl to read this one because those four sisters are so real
Everybody's favourite is Jo, the tomboy who wants to be a writer|Deals with life's big questions - love and death, war and peace, and ambition versus family responsibility - in a way that is inspiring and realistic
Use a hankie as a bookmark - tears are guaranteed|Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is as much a part of every girl's childhood as her first pair of ballet shoes and the Brothers Grimm

Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg Jo Beth and Amy as their father is away fighting in the Civil War and the family has fallen on hard times. But though they may be poor life for the four March sisters is rich with colour learn from their mistakes nurse each through sickness and disappointments and get into all sorts of trouble.

LOUISA ALCOTT