"Little Women" is Louisa May Alcott's masterpiece, the novel that made her famous and has been the subject of countless film versions (including one starring Susan Sarandon and Wynona Rider). We meet the March family at a critical time: they have suffered financial disasters and their father has been called to participate in the Civil War; so the four daughters and their mother are left alone to deal with small and big problems. The wayward Amy, the vivacious Meg, the delicate Beth, and above all the rebellious and impulsive Jo make up a quartet with whom several generations of readers have identified and will identify.