Illustrated by Rebecca Green and introduced by Jane Gardam, this gorgeous Folio Society edition of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women celebrates its status as a timeless classic, an early feminist novel and a wonderfully engaging read. She once confesses to Jo that her temper is as volatile as Jo's, but that she has learned to control it.

It was directed by Clare Niederpruem in her directorial debut and starred Sarah Davenport as Jo, Allie Jennings as Beth, Melanie Stone as Meg, and Elise Jones and Taylor Murphy as Amy. Green is the author and illustrator of a number of children’s books, as well as the illustrator for many more. Alcott set her novel in an imaginary Orchard House modeled on her own residence of the same name, where she wrote the novel. But although they may be poor, life for the four March sisters is rich with colour, as they play games, put on wild theatricals, make new friends, argue, grapple with their vices, learn from their mistakes, nurse each other through sickness and disappointments, and get into all sorts of trouble.Often coddled because she is the youngest, Amy can behave in a vain and self-centered way, though she does still love her family. Meg and Jo must work to support the family: Meg tutors a nearby family of four children; Jo assists her aged great-aunt March, a wealthy widow living in a mansion, Plumfield. Another anonymous review, from the December 1868 issue of Arthurs Home Magazine, gives advice that has been followed for generations: "Parents desiring a Christmas book for a girl from ten to sixteen years cannot do better than to purchase this. Girls related to the March sisters in Little Women, along with following the lead of their heroines, by assimilating aspects of the story into their own lives. This title tells the story of these four little women and their wise and patient mother Marmee enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England.

Because of their father's family's social standing, Meg makes her debut into high society, but is lectured by her friend and neighbor, Theodore "Laurie" Laurence, for behaving like a snob.Some editions listed under Little Women appear to include both parts, especially in the audio book versions. Laurie graduates from college, having put in the effort to do well in his last year with Jo's prompting. A South Korean adaptation was developed and produced by Studio Dragon for local cable network tvN and Netflix. The sequel, Little Men, mentions a baby daughter, Josephine "Josie" Brooke, [14] who is 14 at the beginning of the final book. The film received two Academy Award nominations for color film, for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction/Set Direction, the latter for which it received the Oscar.