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Good Wives

by Louisa May Alcott

The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters, it is classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. 

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1868

Authors

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Louisa May Alcott

United States

Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist. In 1860, Alcott began writing for the Atlantic Monthly. When the American Civil War broke out, she served as a nurse in the Union Hospital in Georgetown, DC,...

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02 - The First Wedding
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03 - Artistic Attempts
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04 - Literary Lessons
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05 - Domestic Experiences
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06 - Calls
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07 - Consequences
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08 - Our Foreign Correspondent
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09 - Tender Troubles
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10 - Jo's Journal
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11 - A Friend
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12 - Heartache
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13 - Beth's Secret
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14 - New Impressions
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15 - On the shelf
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16 - Lazy Laurence
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17 - The Valley of the Shadow
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18 - Learning to Forget
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19 - All Alone
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20 - Surprises
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21 - My Lord and Lady
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24 - Harvest Time
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