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Summary
Jo’s Boys (1886) is the poignant and inspiring conclusion to Louisa May Alcott’s beloved series that began with Little Women and continued in Little Men. Set ten years after the events at Plumfield, this novel follows the lives of Jo Bhaer’s now-grown pupils as they step into adulthood, facing the world beyond the nurturing walls of her school.
Jo March, now a successful author and matriarch of a broad “family” of former students, watches with pride and concern as her “boys” navigate love, ambition, temptation, and identity. While the values she and Professor Bhaer instilled remain with them, real life tests their integrity in ways childhood never could.
