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Facts about Little Women
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Jo March, the novel's protagonist, is widely considered one of the most influential female characters in American literary history.
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Published in two parts, Little Women became enormously popular with young female readers and helped establish the genre of domestic fiction for girls.
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A sequel titled Good Wives was published in 1869, continuing the story of the March sisters into adulthood.
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The four March sisters at the center of Little Women are Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, widely regarded as semi-autobiographical portraits of Alcott and her three sisters.
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Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was first published in 1868 and drew heavily on her own childhood experiences growing up in Concord, Massachusetts.