Little Women
Little Women MP3 CD

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott


Little Women follows the lives of the four sisters as they grow from childhood through their teen years into womanhood. The book is based loosely on the lives of author Louisa May Alcott, her three sisters, and their friends and family. The four sisters each embody aspects of the “All-American girl”. Meg, the eldest at 16, is beautiful and traditional. Jo, age 15, is an impulsive tomboy with a temper and a love of writing. Beth, 13, is timid and frail and is the peacemaker in the group. Amy, the youngest at age 12, is possessed of an artistic temperament and a taste for the better things in life. The family lives in genteel poverty, owing to their father’s loss of much of his fortune. In weaving together the stories of the girls’ growth and engagement with the world Alcott created a new kind of literature that combined elements of children’s fiction with others from more mature sentimental novels and showed how women’s lives were built around three main themes: domestic life, endless work, and the nature of love. It was written at request of her publisher, who asked her to write a book about girls that would have widespread appeal, and was published in two volumes. The first, written in 1868, became an immediate commercial and critical hit and prompted Alcott to quickly write a sequel, which was published in 1869 and titled Good Wives in Great Britain. The two were combined as a single volume in 1880 as Little Women. The book has been adapted for film six times and for television six times, most recently by the BBC in 2017, aired by PBS in 2018.

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Product Details

Read by: Multiple readers
Length: 17 hours and 29 minutes
Type: Dramatic reading
Media: MP3 CD
Package: CD jacket
Item No.: CJ-1264
EAN: 0682550992808
List Price: $9.99

Credits

Notes
Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Proof Listener: Elli

Artwork
Cover: Illustration by Clara M. Burd for Little Women, 1926
Inset: Title page from an 1878 English edition Little Women
Inset: Photo of Louisa May Alcott, author unknown, c. 1888.
Insert: Photograph from the lobby card for the American drama film Little Women (1933).

The Recordings

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The Recordings

These recordings were made using the author’s original published work, which is in the public domain. The readings were recorded by members of Librivox.org, which has generously made the recordings available to the public domain. While Librivox condones the sale and distribution of these recordings, it is not associated with the management or operations of MP3 Audiobook Classics. The audio files have been lightly edited and have been engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience.

Table of Contents

Track Section Length
1 00 - Introduction 3:15
2 01 - Playing Pilgrims 22:13
3 02 - A Merry Christmas 22:41
4 03 - The Laurence Boy 20:57
5 04 - Burdens 25:35
6 05 - Being Neighborly 24:15
7 06 - Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful 15:27
8 07 - Amy's Valley of Humiliation 15:32
9 08 - Jo Meets Apollyon 24:10
10 09 - Meg Goes to Vanity Fair 34:48
11 10 - The P.C. and P.O. 21:03
12 11 - Experiments 24:06
13 12 - Camp Laurence 40:21
14 13 - Castles in the Air 19:13
15 14 - Secrets 18:13
16 15 - A Telegram 18:07
17 16 - Letters 17:01
18 17 - Little Faithful 15:05
19 18 - Dark Days 17:53
20 19 - Amy's Will 17:53
21 20 - Confidential 15:20
22 21 - Laurie Makes Mischief and Jo Makes Peace 25:07
23 22 - Pleasant Meadows 15:35
24 23 - Aunt March Settles the Question 24:08
25 24 - Gossip 24:26
26 25 - The First Wedding 14:06
27 26 - Artistic Attempts 21:54
28 27 - Literary Lessons 16:04
29 28 - Domestic Experiences 32:08
30 29 - Calls 25:58
31 30 - Consequences 24:54
32 31 - Our Foreign Correspondent 20:27
33 32 - Tender Troubles 23:50
34 33 - Jo's Journal 25:25
35 34 - Friend 33:46
36 35 - Heartache 23:04
37 36 - Beth's Secret 13:11
38 37 - New Impressions 24:07
39 38 - On the Shelf 26:46
40 39 - Lazy Laurence 27:22
41 40 - The Valley of the Shadow 12:35
42 41 - Learning to Forget 27:19
43 42 - All Alone 18:19
44 43 - Surprises 34:27
45 44 - My Lord and Lady 10:17
46 45 - Daisy and Demi 13:57
47 46 - Under the Umbrella 30:09
48 47 - Harvest Time 23:18

 

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