Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Fiction Family Classics

<p><strong>The girl sits up puts her hands nonchalantly in her pockets and begins to whistle.</strong> Oh don't Jo says Amy. It's so boyish! Well that's why I do it says Jo. I detest rude unladylike girls! And I hate affected niminy-piminy chits! Even though the March girls Jo Amy Beth and Meg disagree about plenty of matters on plenty of occasions the four make up the core of a cheerful happy household . . . at least as happy as can be expected given the fact that father is far away from home fighting in the war -- perhaps never to return! -- while mother is saying they should not have the pleasure of Christmas presents . . . not this year when so many are suffering and so many are in danger of losing their lives!</p>