Resumo de Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

The story Little Women takes place during a time of war.Around Christmas time the girls Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy's father is off at war and they are having hard times with money.So they decided they will save there money and buy there mother a present.On Christmas, the girls give their large breakfast to some needy neighbors.This act of kindness is noticed by their wealthy neighbor who sends them a large dinner.On Christmas afternoon the girl's decided to put on a play written by Jothey usedvarious props found around the house.They put this play on for an audience of girls.Jo and Meg are invited to a party at the Gardiners' house.They decided to dress up in their best clothing and attend.Jo,who washiding in an alcove, meets Laurie, James Laurence's grandson.They talk and become friends. Meg sprains her ankle and Laurie brings the girls home in his carriage.After the holidays, the girls go back to their various duties. Meg is a governess. Jo ismore of a compaionfor Aunt March. Beth studies and helps with the housekeeping.And Amy goes to school.Jo decides one day that Laurie is kept inside his house more than a boy should be.She felt sorry for him soshe throws a snowball at his window and gets his attention. After thathe invites her over. She meets his grandfather, who realizes that Laurie is lonely.The Marches and the Laurences become really good friends. Beth begins going to the Laurences' to play the piano there her passion was the piano. She makes Mr. Laurence a pair ofslippers to thank him and he gives her a little piano of her own as a gift.This really made her happy.The girls have secret society called the Pickwick Club, which puts out a paper each week. When Laurie gives them the gift of a mailbox set up between their yards to send letters and gifts to each other.One day when Laurie is bored he sees the March sisters going into the woods.Sohe follows them and finds that they are having a meeting of the Busy Bee society, a club in which they each have to keep busy while they sit outdoors. Laurie joins them, and they talk about what they each want to do some day. They decide to meet in the woods at the same placein ten years to see if they got their wishes.In the fall, a telegram comes to the family telling themtheir father is sick in a hospital. Their mother worriedgoes to him, escorted by Mr. Brooke. The girls take care of the house while their mother is gone, but they start to get lazy. Because no one else is willing, Beth takes the needed food to the Hummels. Their baby has scarlet fever and dies in her arms while she is there it was a horrible time. She comes home sick, having caught the fever from the baby. Because Amy has not yet had scarlet fever, she is sent to Aunt March's while Beth is sick. Beth has a high fever. The family at first doesn't contact their mother about it, but Beth gets so bad that the doctor advises them to do so. Just before she returns, the fever breaks.Laurie graduates from college and Jo leaves New York to go back home. Laurie asks Jo to marry him, but Jo turns him down, explaining that she does not love him. Laurie is heartbroken and goes to Europe with his grandfather in order to recover.Meg becomes so absorbed in her children that she doesn't spend enough time with her husband. Because he is lonely at home, Mr. Brooke begins spending evenings at a friend's house. Recognizing his need, Meg begins to include her husband more in taking care of the children and makes an effort to spend time with him.The March family accepts that Beth is going to die, and they make things as comfortable as possible.When she dies Jo falls into adeep depression. She doesn't know what to do, but her mother tells her to write. Jo writes a story from the heart, which is so good that her father publishes it for her. The story gets a great deal of attention, and Jo writes more. When Laurie hears of Beth's death, he goes to Amy to comfort her. The two begin spending time together; they eventually fall in love.in order for Amy to be allowed to go home with Laurie, and they surprise the family with this news when they arrive. The March family grows fond of him. Aunt March dies, leaving her house to Jo and thus making it possible for her and the Professor to marry. Jo starts a school for boys in the large house.There is an apple picking festival at Jo's house. The March family reflects on the dreams they had for themselves when they were young and decide that everything has turned out for the best.

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