Websites
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This page offers a complete e-text of the novel along with a biography of Louisa May Alcott and other resources.
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A comprehensive collection of information about Louisa May Alcott on the Web.
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This detailed biography, written by Joan Goodwin for the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society, also includes a short bibliography.
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A great place to begin your research on Little Women. Check out the bibliography, too!
Movie or TV Productions
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This relatively recent film version includes an all-star cast whose names you'll probably know, from Winona Ryder as Jo to Kirsten Dunst as Amy and Claire Danes as Beth, not to mention Christian Bale as Laurie.
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This film is less notable for June Allyson's portrayal of Jo March than for Elizabeth Taylor's portrayal of Amy – in a terrible blonde wig! Nevertheless, it's a pretty good movie, and it preserves several important passages from the novel word-for word as dialogue, so it's a useful study tool.
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Directed by George Cuckor and starting Katharine Hepburn, this 1933 version of Alcott's novel is also a film classic.
Documents
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Project Gutenberg offers the full text of the novel, either for reading online or downloading to your desktop.
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If you'd like to read the novel in a more book-like version, Google Books offers a scanned version of the 1880 edition.
Videos
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Audio
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Hear the complete novel read aloud, chapter by chapter.
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In this brief editorial piece, Lynn Neary reflects on how modern girls react to Jo as a character. You can read or listen to the story at the website.
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Purchase and download the Audiobook from Random House Audio
Images
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In this photograph, Louisa May Alcott is seen at work at her desk.
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The first edition of Louisa May Alcott's novel was illustrated by her sister, May, a developing artist. Heavily criticized, her drawings were eliminated from future editions of the novel, but they may show a more accurate version of Louisa's vision of her fictional family.