Little Women (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- First Published: 1868
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Bildungsroman, Domestic realism, Didactic literature
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Values, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Gender roles, Nineteenth century, New York City, Marriage, Villages, Friendship, Manners or customs, Social life, New England, Poverty or poor people, Women’s issues, Civil War, Sisters, Women, Death or dying, Small-town life, Work or workers, Italy or Italians, Sacrifice, Materialism, Career women, Victorian era or Victorianism
- Locales: New York, NY, Italy, New England
Places Discussed
March home. Home of the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, in an unspecified northern city. The house is probably based on the Orchard House in Concord, where Alcott herself spent much of her youth. Alcott reveals few physical details about the March house; it seems to be threadbare but comfortable. The Marches live frugally because the girls’ father has suffered financial reverses trying to help a friend. They often gather around the fireplace during the winter months, and Jo has scorched one of her best gowns by standing too close to the heat. The...
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