导语

  

　　路易莎·奥尔科特(Louisa May Alcott，1832－1888)，美国作家。1868年，一位出版商建议她写一部关于“女孩子的书”，她便根据孩提的记忆写成了《小妇人》，书中的许多故事取材于现实生活。出于作者意料的是《小妇人》打动了无数美国读者，尤其是女性读者的心弦。本书另附《好妻子》。
    本书以全英文形式呈现，适合高中和大学生读者阅读。

内容提要

  

    路易莎·梅·奥尔科特（1832－1888），美国著名女作家，她从小受当作家和教师的父亲的影响，很早就对写作产生了兴趣，早年为谋生曾写过一些惊险小说。1868年出版了《小妇人》第一部，从此声名鹊起，继而又写出了《小妇人》的第二部。《小妇人》是美国文坛上影响最大的作品之一，它被译成100多种文字，为世界各国的读者所喜爱，尤其对女性读者影响巨大，对一些女作家的创作也产生过重大影响。

LITTLE WOMEN
  CHAPTER ONE PLAYING PILGRIMS
  CHAPTER TWO A MERRY CHRISTMAS
  CHAPTER THREE THE LAURENCE BOY
  CHAPTER FOUR BURDENS
  CHAPTER FIVE BEING NEIGHBORLY
  CHAPTER SIX BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL
  CHAPTER SEVEN AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
  CHAPTER EIGHT JO MEETS APOLLYON
  CHAPTER NINE MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR
  CHAPTER TEN THE P.C. AND P.O
  CHAPTER ELEVEN  EXPERIMENTS
  CHAPTER TWELVE CAMP LAURENCE
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN CASTLES IN THE AIR
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN SECRETS
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN A TELEGRAM
  CHAPTER SIXTEEN LETTERS
  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN LITTLE FAITHFUL
  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN DARK DAYS
  CHAPTER NINETEEN AMY'S WILL
  CHAPTER TWENTY CONFIDENTIAL
  CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND Jo MAKES
  PEACE
  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO  PLEASANT MEADOWS
  CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION
GOOD WIVES
  CHAPTER ONE GOSSIP
  CHAPTER TWO THE FIRST WEDDING
  CHAPTER THREE ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS
  CHAPTER FOUR LITERARY LESSONS
  CHAPTER FIVE DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES
  CHAPTER SIX CALLS
  CHAPTER SEVEN CONSEQUENCES
  CHAPTER EIGHT OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
  CHAPTER NINE TENDER TROUBLES
  CHAPTER TEN JO's JOURNAL
  CHAPTER ELEVEN FRIEND
  CHAPTER TWELVE HEARTACHE
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN BETH'S SECRET
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN NEW IMPRESSIONS
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN ON THE SHELF
  CHAPTER SIXTEEN LAZY LAURENCE
  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN LEARNING TO FORGET
  CHAPTER NINETEEN ALL ALONE
  CHAPTER TWENTY SURPRISES
  CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE MY LORD AND LADY
  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO DAISYAND DEMI
  CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE UNDER THE UNBRELLA
  CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR HARVEST TIME