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Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

Louisa May Alcott

Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy is 189,022 words — about 12h 36m at 250 words per minute, across 45 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.

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"_Go then, my little Book, and show to all That entertain and bid thee welcome shall, What thou dost keep close shut up in thy breast; And wish what thou dost show them may be blest To them for good, may make them choose to be Pilgrims better, by far, than thee or me. Tell them of Mercy; she is one Who early hath her pilgrimage begun. Yea, let young damsels learn of her to prize The world which is to come, and so be …

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  • AuthorLouisa May Alcott
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #37106
  • Length189,022 words · 12h 36m of reading
  • Chapters45
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

45 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01XLVII. HARVEST TIME
  2. 02Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents
  3. 03How you used to play Pilgrim's Progress
  4. 04The procession set out
  5. 05Tail-piece
  6. 06Tell about the party
  7. 07Mr. Laurence often opened his study door
  8. 08I wouldn't, Meg
  9. 09Beth was post-mistress
  10. 10Jo darted away
  11. 11Beth did have the fever
  12. 12Amy's Will
  13. 13Get up and don't be a goose
  14. 14Popping in her head now and then
  15. 15Artistic Attempts
  16. 16A bargain, I assure you, ma'am
  17. 17I've seen the imperial family several times
  18. 18Up with the Bonnets of Bonnie Dundee
  19. 19Dis is mine effalunt
  20. 20Tail-piece
  21. 21Tail-piece
  22. 22Jo and her father
  23. 23A substantial lifelike ghost leaning over her
  24. 24Teddy bore a charmed life
  25. 25Tail-piece
  26. 26A LAMENT
  27. 27The Second Part
  28. 28Louisa M. Alcott's Writings
  29. 29THE SPINNING-WHEEL SERIES
  30. 30AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG
  31. 31LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY
  32. 32By LOUISA M. ALCOTT
  33. 334. AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL
  34. 346. ROSE IN BLOOM
  35. 357. UNDER THE LILACS
  36. 368. JACK AND JILL
  37. 37THE ABOVE EIGHT VOLUMES, UNIFORMLY BOUND, IN BOX, $12.00
  38. 38COMIC TRAGEDIES
  39. 39LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
  40. 40SPINNING-WHEEL STORIES
  41. 41AUNT JO'S SCRAP BAG
  42. 42LULU'S LIBRARY
  43. 43MISS ALCOTT'S NOVELS
  44. 44Other Stories by LOUISA M. ALCOTT
  45. 45LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY, Publishers

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