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ALL About BOOKS Little Women is a story of 4 sisters who have faced many battles throughout their lives. They go through family separation and lose one of their sisters and yet at the end they all come together like a family again. It all started on the coldest winter they had ever witnessed in their childhood. A temporary poverty had fallen upon the March family some years before. The war was also happening during those chilly winters, and it seemed like the winter would make the war harder. But somehow the March family was able to make its own light. Marmee (the mother) came home and Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy – the 4 sisters – were expecting her earlier but were happy that she came. She was freezing cold, so they all wrapped their mother with a jacket. She had a letter in her pocket, and she told Amy to check who it was from. Amy shouted with excitement - it was from father. Their father was in the army and was fighting in the war. He sent a letter to them, so they would know he is doing well. The letter was very sad, however they were happy to know that their father was alive. Thereafter, Marmee lightened the moment by encouraging all to celebrate Christmas. As it was Christmas Eve Beth started playing Christmas carols on the piano and later all the 4 sisters went to their room and
started singing. Jo loved to write stories and plays. At late night, her mind would come alive, and she would visualize friends and makes stories out of it. The next morning, they were making special treats to eat. Meg called Jo to come at the table for food. It was Jo’s favourite food – sausages. She almost grabbed it to take a bite, but Meg stopped her and told her to wait for everyone to come. Jo was craving to eat sausages and was not happy to wait any longer. The March family offered food to their neighbours called Hummels. Since the Hummels were poor, the March family usually helped them by giving them their food. All the 4 sisters went out wearing thick clothing to give food to the Hummel family. While they were outside, they saw Laurie, who lives opposite to their house, going with his father to the church. Laurie lives with his father in a mansion, and he was very rich, and he also has his own teacher, Mr. Brooke. At night, Jo wrote a play and was enacting it with her sisters, and Laurie was out listening to them from his house. Beth suggested that Jo should publish the story, but she rejected the thought that she could publish a book. They looked out the window and saw Laurie. Beth said that he looks lonely and asked do you think he will try to call us. Meg said that he grew up in Italy nevertheless he came here to live with this awful old man. The next day they were dressing to go to a party. Jo was braiding Meg’s hair and ruined it; however, they still went to the party. Someone was wearing a feather dress at the party and swiftly one of their feathers came off. Jo caught it and someone else saw the feather and told her that she is going to try catching that feather and they both started chasing it. Luckily, Jo caught it, although she found herself in a hall
