《小妇人》是一部以美国南北战争为背景，以19世纪美国新英格兰地区的一个普通家庭四个姐妹之间的生活琐事为蓝本的带有自传色彩的家庭伦理小说。小说受到当时的大思想家爱默生的影响，强调了个人尊严与自立自律的观念；内容平实却细腻，结构单纯而寓意深远，富有强烈的感染力，本书以为其原版作品。

Little Women is the delightful story of the four March girls and their approach towards womanhood.Meg, the eldest and most beautiful, shrugs off her vanity and social ambition, discovering fulfilment in romantic love. Boyish Jo on the other hand, with her contempt of all "lovering", turns impetuously towards writing for solace.Gentle Beth rejects worldly interests,preferring to devote her life to her family, to the joy of music and to timidly aiding all who suffer in life. Amy, the youngest and most imperfect of the March girls, continually tries to overcome her selfishness and girlish pretensions, though she has a hard task before her.The progress of these four "little women" is narrated along the lines of Bunyan"s pilgrim, and we are shown how -encountering struggles and learning important lessons along the way - each one attains her own Celestial City.

Playing Pilgrims

A Merry Christmas

The Laurence Boy

Burdens

Being Neighborly

Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful

Amy"s Valley of Humiliation

Jo Meets Apollyon

Meg Goes to Vanity Fair

The P. C. and P. O.

Experiments

Camp Laurence

Castles in the Air

Secrets

A Telegram

Letters

Little Faithful

Dark Days

Amy"s Will

Confidential

Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace

Pleasant Meadows

Aunt March Settles the Question