《小妇人》的作者是美国女作家路易斯·梅·奥尔科特。《小妇人》使路易斯一举成名,也是她一生文学创作的代表作。作者描绘了一幅幅漫馨动人的家庭生活图景,人物栩栩如生,洋溢着乐观主义精神,这些都将深深吸引着读者,并使这部作品具有永恒的魅力。
The quintessential American family story,Little Women captured readers’ hearts right from the start. A bestseller from the time it was originally published in 1868, it is the story of the four March sisters: Meg, Beth, Jo, and Amy. Louisa May Alcott recreates her own family’s dramatic and sometimes comic experiences in this American novel,inspiration for numerous dramatic and film versions.
Foreword
PART I
1 Playing Pilgrims
2 A Merry Christmas
3 The Laurence Boy
4 Burdem
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 Casdes in the Air
14 Secrets
15 A Telegram
16 Letters
17 Little Faithful
18 DarkDays
19 Amy"s Will
20 Confidential
21 Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace
22 Pleasant Meadows
23 Aunt March Settles the Question
PART 2
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 0fthe 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