Louisa May Alcott · 1868 · exile

Louisa May Alcott's 1868 novel. The four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - grow up in Civil War-era Concord, Massachusetts, while their father serves as an army chaplain. Jo goes to New York to write; Amy travels through Europe, from Paris to Rome, with a wealthy aunt and meets her fate there; and the family's joys and sorrows unfold between the New England home and the wider world.

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   Concord

   The Massachusetts town where the four March sisters grow up in genteel poverty during the Civil War, their father away as an army chaplain, their small world rich in love and ambition.

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   New York

   Where the headstrong Jo goes to work as a governess and pursue her writing, boarding in the city and meeting the German professor Bhaer who will change her life.

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   Paris

   Amy, the youngest sister, tours Europe with wealthy Aunt March, from the galleries and salons of Paris - polishing herself as an artist and a young woman of the world.

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   Rome

   Where Amy's European journey reaches its turn, and a reunion with the family friend Laurie blossoms unexpectedly into love beneath the ruins and fountains of the Eternal City.