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Little Women

noun

  1. a novel (1868) by Louisa May Alcott.


Little Women

  1. (1868–1869) A novel by Louisa May Alcott , about four sisters growing up in New England in the nineteenth century. The sequel , Little Men , was published in 1871.


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Greta Gerwig’s Little Women reiterated the timelessness of Louisa May Alcott’s novel about sisters who are the center of each other’s universes.

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But would a lot of people watch EWW Little Women or Fried Green Tomatoes?

That honor must surely go to the death of Beth in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.

She described the universal problem fathers have when their little girls become little women.

I say it right here, one of the best, pluckiest little women anywhere, although she and I ain't always agreed on certain matters.

But I dont know what occurred there, whether the ideas were all mannikins or all little women—there were no results.

She was, she said, one of the prettiest little women she had ever seen, and the most generous tenant.

I hate your little women—that is, when I am in love with a tall one; and who would not have loved Dorothea?

The door opened, 'n' there was one o' the peartest little women y' ever see.

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