Little Women (Book 1-4: With Original Illustration)
Enriched edition. Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men and Jo's BoysBy Louisa May Alcott
Length43h 34m
About this audiobook
In "Little Women," Louisa May Alcott crafts a rich narrative that unfolds the lives of the four March sisters'—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy'—against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Engagingly written in a warm, domestic style, the book encompasses themes of familial love, personal sacrifice, and the struggles of womanhood in 19th-century America. Alcott employs a form of bildungsroman, mapping the evolution of each sister as they navigate societal expectations and personal ambitions, while the inclusion of original illustrations enhances the reader's immersion in this heartfelt tale.
In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length43 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 24, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
52Chapter Twenty-Three. Under the Umbrella.
2Introduction
53Chapter Twenty-Four. Harvest Time.
3Synopsis (Selection)
54Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo’s Boys
4Historical Context
55Chapter One. Nat
5Author Biography
56Chapter Two. The Boys
Show all chaptersShow less
6Chapter One. Playing Pilgrims.
57Chapter Three. Sunday
7Chapter Two. A Merry Christmas.
58Chapter Four. Stepping-Stones
8Chapter Three. The Laurence Boy.
59Chapter Five. Pattypans
9Chapter Four. Burden.
60Chapter Six. A Fire Brand
10Chapter Five. Being Neighborly.
61Chapter Seven. Naughty Nan
11Chapter Six. Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful.
62Chapter Eight. Pranks and Plays
12Chapter Seven. Amy's Valley of Humiliation.
63Chapter Nine. Daisy’s Ball
13Chapter Eight. Jo Meets Apollyon.
64Chapter Ten. Home Again
14Chapter Nine. Meg Goes to Vanity Fair.
65Chapter Eleven. Uncle Teddy
15Chapter Ten. The P. C. and P. O.
66Chapter Twelve. Huckleberries
16Chapter Eleven. Experiment.
67Chapter Thirteen. Goldilocks
17Chapter Twelve. Camp Laurence.
68Chapter Fourteen. Damon and Pythias
18Chapter Thirteen. Castles in the Air.
69Chapter Fifteen. In the Willow
19Chapter Fourteen. Secrets.
70Chapter Sixteen. Taming the Colt
20Chapter Fifteen. A Telegram.
71Chapter Seventeen. Composition Day
21Chapter Sixteen. Letters.
72Chapter Eighteen. Crops
22Chapter Seventeen. Little Faithful.
73Chapter Nineteen. John Brooke
23Chapter Eighteen. Dark Days.
74Chapter Twenty. Round the Fire
24Chapter Nineteen. Amy's Will.
75Chapter Twenty-One. Thanksgiving
25Chapter Twenty. Confidential.
76Jo’s Boys and How They Turned Out
26Chapter Twenty-One. Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace.
77Chapter One. Ten Years Later
27Chapter Twenty-Two. Pleasant Meadows.
78Chapter Two. Parnassus
28Chapter Twenty-Three. Aunt March Settles the Question.
79Chapter Three. Jo’s Last Scrape
29Good Wives
80Chapter Four. Dan
30Chapter One. Gossip.
81Chapter Five. Vacation
31Chapter Two. The First Wedding.
82Chapter Six. Last Words
32Chapter Three. Artistic Attempts.
83Chapter Seven. The Lion and the Lamb
33Chapter Four. Literary Lessons.
84Chapter Eight. Josie Plays Mermaid
34Chapter Five. Domestic Experiences.
85Chapter Nine. The Worm Turns
35Chapter Six. Calls.
86Chapter Ten. Demi Settles
36Chapter Seven. Consequences.
87Chapter Eleven. Emil’s Thanksgiving
37Chapter Eight. Our Foreign Correspondent.
88Chapter Twelve. Dan’s Christmas
38Chapter Nine. Tender Troubles.
89Chapter Thirteen. Nat’s New Year
39Chapter Ten. Jo's Journal.
90Chapter Fourteen. Plays at Plumfield
40Chapter Eleven. A Friend.
91Chapter Fifteen. Waiting
41Chapter Twelve. Heartache.
92Chapter Sixteen. In the Tennis-Court
42Chapter Thirteen. Beth's Secret.
93Chapter Seventeen. Among the Maids
43Chapter Fourteen. New Impressions.
94Chapter Eighteen. Class Day
44Chapter Fifteen. On the Shelf.
95Chapter Nineteen. White Roses
45Chapter Sixteen. Lazy Laurence.
96Chapter Twenty. Life for Life
46Chapter Seventeen. The Valley of the Shadow.
97Chapter Twenty-One. Aslauga’s Knight
47Chapter Eighteen. Learning to Forget.
98Chapter Twenty-Two. Positively Last Appearance
48Chapter Nineteen. All Alone.
99Analysis
49Chapter Twenty. Surprises.
100Reflection
50Chapter Twenty-One. My Lord and Lady.
101Memorable Quotes
51Chapter Twenty-Two. Daisy and Demi.
Civil War Memoirs of Louisa May Alcott (Unabridged)Louisa May Alcott16h 17m$2 · $0.00
Bronson Alcott's FruitlandsLouisa May Alcott, Anna Alcott4h 42m$2 · $0.00
Three Unpublished PoemsLouisa May Alcott8m$1 · $0.00
Bloemensprookjes van Tante JoLouisa May Alcott6h 38m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Little Women Series (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys)Louisa May Alcott43h 5m$2 · $0.00
A Christmas Dream & Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott6h 19m$2 · $0.00
Jack and Jill (Children's Classic)Louisa May Alcott11h 9m$2 · $0.00
LITTLE WOMEN: The Complete Series (All 4 Books in One Edition)Louisa May Alcott42h 55m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)Louisa May Alcott226h 27m$2 · $0.00
Little MenLouisa May Alcott22h 54m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Christmas Books of Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott34h 49m$2 · $0.00
The Greatest Christmas Novels, Short Stories & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated)Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter, Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily Dickinson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Hans Christian Andersen, Selma Lagerlöf, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walter Scott, J. M. Barrie, Anthony Trollope, Brothers Grimm, L. Frank Baum, Lucy Maud Montgomery, George MacDonald, Leo Tolstoy, Henry van Dyke, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Clement Moore, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Butler Yeats261h 28m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Little Women SeriesLouisa May Alcott43h 4m$2 · $0.00
A Woman's Power (Unabridged)Louisa May Alcott16h 21m$2 · $0.00
Christmas with the March FamilyLouisa May Alcott42h 18m$2 · $0.00
Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, Little Men & Jo's Boys (Illustrated Edition)Louisa May Alcott43h 18m$2 · $0.00
Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, Little Men & Jo's Boys (Illustrated Edition)Louisa May Alcott42h 23m$1 · $0.00
Onder Moeders VleugelsLouisa May Alcott12h 47m$1 · $0.00
Louisa May Alcott: 16 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)Louisa May Alcott141h 35m$1 · $0.00
The Collected Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated Edition)Louisa May Alcott225h 23m$2 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m$46 · $0.00
Charles Dickens: Complete WorksCharles Dickens814h 50m$2 · $0.00
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionArthur Conan Doyle59h 49m$5 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Novels, Short Stories and Autobiographical WritingsFyodor Dostoyevsky271h 27m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works: Charlotte, Emily, Anne, Patrick & Branwell BrontëCharlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë138h 12m$1 · $0.00
L. M. Montgomery – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & MemoirsLucy Maud Montgomery155h 55m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Books of F. Scott Fitzgerald (all his 5 novels + all 4 short story collections published during his lifetime)F. Scott Fitzgerald87h 53m$2 · $0.00
MARK TWAIN: 12 Novels, 195 Short Stories, Autobiography, 10 Travel Books, 160+ Essays & Speeches (Illustrated)Mark Twain416h 24m$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m$18 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen & Brontë SistersCharlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë, Jane Austen204h 24m$2 · $0.00
Louisa May Alcott: 16 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)Louisa May Alcott141h 35m$2 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
The Complete Works of Oscar WildeOscar Wilde80h 38m$1 · $0.00
The Count of Monte Cristo + The Three Musketeers + The Man in the Iron Mask (3 Unabridged Classics)Alexandre Dumas100h 13m$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m$2 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m$29 · $0.00
Richard Wagamese SelectedRichard Wagamese3h 14m$15
Shōgun, Part OneJames Clavell24h 19m$35
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 40m$1 · $0.00
Pathways to LightPrakash Amte7h 6m$8
Ethic IIAshley Antoinette9h 1m$20
RiversnowTess Thompson8h 11m$20
Supreme ClienteleAshley & JaQuavis8h 58m$20
Body Refinement in a Beast Tamer’s World, Book 1Seth Ring14h 7m$27
Hell Divers XII: HeroesNicholas Sansbury Smith13h 18m$27
EmberJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews13h 58m$23
The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Unabridged)Jane Austen88h 8m$1 · $0.00
Beyond Temptation & Risky PleasuresBrenda Jackson10h 53m$24 · $0.00
Shōgun, Part TwoJames Clavell29h 16m$40
Showdown in the Big EasyCharles Tillman, Michael Anderle, Martha Carr7h 37m$23
Searching For ThanksgivingS.E. Smith4h 24m$20
Naughty 4Brenda Hampton7h 30m$17
The Dance with Me TrilogyShelley Shepard Gray21h 44m$35
The DopemanJaQuavis Coleman5h 25m$20
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionArthur Conan Doyle59h 49m$5 · $0.00
My Favorite Husband, Vol. 1Hollywood 360, CBS Radio5h 40m$14
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m$29 · $0.00
Grand Opening 2Carl Weber9h 16m$20
Sons of Valor II: Violence of ActionBrian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson12h 34m$23
Malevolent MagicMildred Abbott7h 13m$17
You may also like
Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, Little Men & Jo's Boys (Illustrated Edition)Louisa May Alcott43h 18m$2 · $0.00
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Holiday CollectionLucy Maud Montgomery64h 46m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Little Women Series (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys)Louisa May Alcott41h 57m$2 · $0.00
The Collected Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated Edition)Louisa May Alcott225h 23m$2 · $0.00
Anne of AvonleaL. M. Montgomery11h$2 · $0.00
Agnes GreyAnne Brontë6h 27m$17
In All Good FaithLiza Nash Taylor12h 44m$23
REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM & NEW CHRONICLES OF REBECCA (Children's Book Classics)Kate Douglas Wiggin14h 48m$2 · $0.00
Little Women (includes Good Wives) + Little Men + Jo's Boys (3 Unabridged Classics with over 200 original illustrations)Louisa May Alcott42h 23m$2 · $0.00
The Daisy Chain, or AspirationsCharlotte M. Yonge31h 7m$2 · $0.00
John Sherman; and, DhoyaW. B. Yeats2h 38m$2 · $0.00
Little Women (Musaicum Christmas Specials)Louisa May Alcott21h 59m$2 · $0.00
North and SouthElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell19h 27m$2.30
The Greatest Works of Kate Douglas Wiggin (Illustrated Edition)Kate Douglas Wiggin178h 38m$2 · $0.00
The Brimming CupDorothy Canfield Fisher15h 4m$1 · $0.00
The Old Gray HomesteadFrances Parkinson Keyes7h 38m$2 · $0.00
The Chance of a Lifetime (Musaicum Romance Classics)Grace Livingston Hill8h 27m$1 · $0.00
Red of the RedfieldsGrace S. Richmond8h 18m$1 · $0.00
Miss EmilyNuala O’Connor7h 20m$20 · $0.00
LITTLE WOMEN: The Complete Series (All 4 Books in One Edition)Louisa May Alcott42h 55m$2 · $0.00