露易莎·梅·奥尔科特(1832-1888)，美国作家。《小妇人》是她的代表作。

本书以十九世纪中期美国南北战争为背景，生动描写了作者亲身经历的家庭生活：父亲参加北军出征，四姐妹伴着慈爱的母亲，过着清贫而富有乐趣的生活。全书歌颂了家庭的伦理观念，邻里间的助人为乐。本书也被当成了妙龄少女的必读书。

Little Women is one of the best-loved books of all time.Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are the four March sisters, who learn the hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War.Through their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt their deep sadness when Meg leaves the circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part I. Part II chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a young wife and mother, Jo's struggle to become a writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits and unexpected romance.Based on Louisa May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers.

Preface

PART I

 1. PLAYING PILGRIMS

 2. A MERRY CHRISTMAS

 3. THE LAURENCE BOY

 4. BURDENS

 5. BEING NEIGHBORLY

 6. BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL

 7. AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION

 8. JO MEETS APOLLYON

 9. MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR

 10. THE P. C. AND P. O

 11. EXPERIMENTS

 12. CAMP LAURENCE

 13. CASTLES IN THE AIR

 14. SECRETS

 15. A TELEGRAM

 16. LETTERS

 17. LITTLE FAITHFUL

 18. DARK DAYS

 19. AMY'S WILL

 20. CONFIDENTIAL

 21. LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF,AND JO MAKES PEACE

 22. PLEASANT MEADOWS

 23. AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION

PART II

 24. GOSSIP

 25. THE FIRST WEDDING

 26. ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS

 27. LITERARY LESSONS

 28. DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES

 29. CALLS

 30. CONSEQUENCES

 31. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

 32. TENDER TROUBLES

 33. JO'S JOURNAL

 34. A FRIEND

 35. HEARTACHE

 36. BETH'S SECRET

 37. NEW IMPRESSIONS

 38. ON THE SHELF

 39. LAZY LAURENCE

 40. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

 41. LEARNING TO FORGET

 42. ALL ALONE

 43. SURPRISES

 44. MY LORD AND LADY

 45. DAISY AND DEMI

 46. UNDER THE UMBRELLA

 47. HARVEST TIME

Afterword by Nina Auerbach

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