Order our Little Women Study Guide
Print
Word
PDF
|
This section contains 1,380 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
Little Women Summary & Study Guide Description
Little Women Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
This detailed literature summary also contains For Further Study and a Free Quiz on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
Little Women Plot Summary
Preview of Little Women Summary:
Part One, Chapters 1-12
The March girls—Meg, 17, Jo, 16, Beth, 14, and Amy, 12—bemoan the fact that Christmas will be lacking because their poverty prevents them from having gifts and their father is away in the Civil War. Resolving to be better people, they decide to play Pilgrim's Progress, an ongoing makebelieve in which they follow the allegorical travels of Christian in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. On Christmas day, the girls take their breakfast to the Hummels, a needy family nearby. Later, they discover that their wealthy neighbor Mr. Laurence has rewarded their kindness with flowers and treats.
Jo and Meg attend a dance at a neighbor's house, and while Meg dances, Jo hides behind a curtain. She finds Mr. Laurence's grandson, Theodore ("Laurie"), also hiding. They become quick friends, and when Meg twists her ankle, Laurie gives the girls a ride home.
With the holidays over, the girls resume...
(read more)
|
This section contains 1,380 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
