Little Women (Annotated with Biography of Alcott and Plot Analysis‪)‬

Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women as a study of an American family during the Civil War. It was also very closely based on her own experience as a member of the Alcott family.  The protagonist of the story, Josephine “Jo” March is based on Louisa herself.  The other three March sisters are closely modeled on her own sisters.