Little Women and Good Wives published in 1868 and 1869 respectively is a story following the
four March sisters and their friend Theodore Laurie Lawrence in Massachusetts in the 1800's.
The four girls each exhibit individual flaws and much of the plot is concerned with their
journey to correct themselves always supporting each other in the end despite their numerous
squabbles. Margaret Meg March is the eldest sister and at the beginning of the tale is very
preoccupied with materialistic possessions Josephine Jo March is a tomboy with a fiery temper
Elizabeth Beth March is shy and gentle and Amy being the youngest March sister is spoilt and
therefore prone to temper tantrums. Little Women follows the sisters for about a year but Good
Wives skips forward in time regularly so that by the end they are all of adult age. Little Men
or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott first
published in 1871. Little Men follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor
Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy comfortable and stimulating place.
Jo's Boys was first published in 1886. The novel is the final book in the unofficial Little
Women series. In it Jo's children now grown are caught up in real world troubles. Louisa May
Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women
and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys.
