English Classics: Little Women

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War. It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,” including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women adalah karya fiksi populer karangan Louisa May Alcott yang dikisahkan berdasarkan pengalaman pribadinya semasa kecil. Novel yang diterjemahkan dan diterbitkan Gramedia Pustaka Utama pada tahun 2018 ini cocok dibaca oleh perempuan yang berada dalam rentang usia remaja hingga dewasa. Novel ini memuat kisah dengan pelajaran hidup yang penting dan sarat makna. Pembaca dapat mempelajari banyak hal melalui kisah menyentuh dan menghangatkan hati. Disampaikan dalam bahasa Inggris, pembaca akan menelusuri perjuangan yang harus dijalani Louisa May Alcott dalam usahanya untuk menghidupi adik-adiknya.