Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is an autobiographical story of the authors life with her three sisters set in the 1860s in Massachusetts. with their father fighting in the civil war the sister Jo Meg Amy and Beth along with their mother who is an outspoken women face their first christmas without him and struggle to support themselves and keep their household running. this books follows the lives loves and tribulations of the four sisters growing up. Part of the Great Illustrated Classics series.