The world of

Little Women

Four sisters face a Christmas without presents and a father away at war, and vow to bear their burdens like little pilgrims.

A scrollable world for your phone

How you explore Little Women on Literah

The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.

  • Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
  • A feed, not a wall of text. 24 characters, 15 places, 15 objects and 8 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
  • The author’s own words. 54 passages of Little Women sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Louisa May Alcott wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
  • The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Louisa May Alcott instead.

The Little Women feed, as it appears in your mobile

The plot of Little Women

The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.

  • Christmas and the Pilgrims
  • The Boy Next Door
  • Jo's Temper
  • The Telegram and Beth’s Illness
  • Meg's Wedding
  • Jo Refuses Laurie
  • Amy and Laurie Abroad
  • Beth’s Death and Plumfield

The author's pen in Little Women

The passages themselves, Louisa May Alcott's own words, as Literah maps it.

  • Poor Yet Togetherch. 1
  • Jo Hates Growing Upch. 1
  • Conquering Themselvesch. 1
  • My Little Pilgrimsch. 1
  • The Crimson Covered Bookch. 2
  • Giving Away Breakfastch. 2
  • Jo Plans To Go Overch. 5
  • Beth’s Comforting Catsch. 5
  • Beth and the Pianoch. 6
  • Mr. Laurence's Thanksch. 6
  • Amy and the Limesch. 7
  • Amy Burns Jo's Bookch. 8
  • Amy Through The Icech. 8
  • Mother's Hidden Angerch. 8
  • Borrowed Plumesch. 9
  • The Pickwick Clubch. 10
  • The Hedge Post Officech. 10
  • Taking Up Little Burdensch. 11
  • Welcome to Camp Laurencech. 12
  • Favorite Castles In The Airch. 13

The characters of Little Women

Who is who, as Literah maps it.

  • Jo Marchmajor
  • Meg Marchmajor
  • Beth Marchmajor
  • Amy Marchmajor
  • Marmee Marchmajor
  • Laurie Laurencemajor
  • Mr. Marchsupporting
  • Aunt Marchsupporting
  • Mr. Laurencesupporting
  • John Brookesupporting
  • Professor Bhaersupporting
  • Hannahsupporting
  • Sallie Moffatsupporting
  • Mrs. Hummelminor
  • The Hummel childrenminor
  • Daisy Brookeminor

The locations in Little Women

Where it happens, as Literah maps it.

  • March homehouse
  • March parlorroom
  • March garretroom
  • Laurence househouse
  • Laurence music roommusic room
  • Aunt March’s househouse
  • Hummel homepoor home
  • Moffat housewealthy home
  • Meg and John’s little househouse
  • New York boarding houseboarding house
  • Plumfieldestate school-home
  • Amy’s schoolschool
  • Camp Laurenceoutdoor gathering place
  • Europetravel region

The core concepts in Little Women

What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.

  • Self-command without self-erasure
  • Domestic life is a moral arena
  • Poverty tests fantasy, pride, and love
  • Sisterhood under pressure
  • Ambition must become usefulness
  • Home as a transforming place
  • Love as mutual improvement
  • Childhood changes into memory and work

The objects of note in Little Women

The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.

  • Pilgrim’s Progress guidebooks
  • Father’s letter
  • Marmee’s slippers
  • Beth’s piano
  • Jo’s manuscript
  • Amy’s burned book
  • Jo’s hair
  • Jo’s ink and pen
  • Jo’s sensational stories
  • Professor Bhaer’s Shakespeare
  • The umbrella
  • Meg’s wedding dress
  • Amy’s drawing pencils and art materials
  • Limes

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