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The Little Women - Complete Collection: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys (All 4 Books in One Edition)


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Chapter One: Nat

       Chapter Two: The Boys

       Chapter Three: Sunday

       Chapter Four: Stepping-Stones

       Chapter Five: Pattypans

       Chapter Six: A Fire Brand

       Chapter Seven: Naughty Nan

       Chapter Eight: Pranks and Plays

       Chapter Nine: Daisy’s Ball

       Chapter Ten: Home Again

       Chapter Eleven: Uncle Teddy

       Chapter Twelve: Huckleberries

       Chapter Thirteen: Goldilocks

       Chapter Fourteen: Damon and Pythias

       Chapter Fifteen: In the Willow

       Chapter Sixteen: Taming the Colt

       Chapter Seventeen: Composition Day

       Chapter Eighteen: Crops

       Chapter Nineteen: John Brooke

       Chapter Twenty: Round the Fire

       Chapter Twenty-One: Thanksgiving

       Jo’s Boys and How They Turned Out

       Chapter One: Ten Years Later

       Chapter Two: Parnassus

       Chapter Three: Jo’s Last Scrape

       Chapter Four: Dan

       Chapter Five: Vacation

       Chapter Six: Last Words

       Chapter Seven: The Lion and the Lamb

       Chapter Eight: Josie Plays Mermaid

       Chapter Nine: The Worm Turns

       Chapter Ten: Demi Settles

       Chapter Eleven: Emil’s Thanksgiving

       Chapter Twelve: Dan’s Christmas

       Chapter Thirteen: Nat’s New Year

       Chapter Fourteen: Plays at Plumfield

       Chapter Fifteen: Waiting

       Chapter Sixteen: In the Tennis-Court

       Chapter Seventeen: Among the Maids

       Chapter Eighteen: Class Day

       Chapter Nineteen: White Roses

       Chapter Twenty: Life for Life

       Chapter Twenty-One: Aslauga’s Knight

       Chapter Twenty-Two: Positively Last Appearance

      Little Women

      Chapter One

      Playing Pilgrims

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      “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

      “It’s so dreadful to be poor!” sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

      “I don’t think it’s fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all,” added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

      “We’ve got Father and Mother, and each other,” said Beth contentedly from her corner.

      The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, “We haven’t got Father, and shall not have him for a long time.” She didn’t say “perhaps never,” but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.

      Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, “You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We can’t do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don’t,” and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.

      “But I don’t think the little we should spend would do any good. We’ve each got a dollar, and the army wouldn’t be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy Undine and Sintran for myself. I’ve wanted it so long,” said Jo, who was a bookworm.