Little Women

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American literature children's literature coming-of-age novel novel

Little Women is a classic coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows the lives, struggles, and personal growth of the four March sisters during and after the American Civil War.

Aliases (4)

Europe with Aunt March ×1
Little Women (novel) ×1
Little Women series ×1
Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literature → children's literature → coming-of-age novel → novel →
alsoKnownAs	Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy →
author	Louisa May Alcott →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
firstPartPublicationYear	1868 →
followedBy	Good Wives →
genre	children's novel → coming-of-age → domestic fiction → family saga →
hasAdaptation	Little Women (1933 film) → Little Women (1949 film) → Little Women (1994 film) → Little Women (2019 film) → Little Women (TV series, 1970) → Little Women (TV series, 2017) → Little Women (anime) → Little Women (musical) →
hasTheme	coming of age → domestic life → family → female independence → sisterhood →
influenced	feminist readings of domestic fiction → later young adult fiction →
literaryMovement	Realism →
literarySignificance	classic of American literature →
mainCharacter	Amy March → Beth March → Jo March → Laurie → Marmee March → Meg March → Mr. March → Theodore Laurence →
narrativePerspective	third-person narration →
originalLanguage	English →
placeOfPublication	Boston →
protagonist	Jo March →
publicationYear	1868 →
publisher	Roberts Brothers →
secondPartPublicationYear	1869 →
settingPeriod	American Civil War → post–American Civil War →
targetAudience	general audience → young readers →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amy March → Florence Pugh →	appearsIn
Little Women (1933 film) → Little Women (1994 film) ("Little Women (novel)") →	basedOn
Florence Pugh → Louisa May Alcott →	notableWork
Little Women ("Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy") →	alsoKnownAs
Concord, Massachusetts →	associatedWork
A Long Fatal Love Chase →	authorKnownFor
Little Men →	follows
Little Men →	isSequelTo
Little Men ("Little Women series") →	literarySeries
Jo's Boys →	relatedWork
An Old-Fashioned Girl →	relatedWorkByAuthor
Amy March ("Europe with Aunt March") →	travelsTo
Louisa May Alcott →	wrote