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Illustrator: Frank T. Merrill
LITTLE WOMEN.
LITTLE WOMEN OR Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the years 1868 and 1869, by LOUISA M. ALCOTT, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
BOSTON ALFRED MUDGE & SON INC. PRINTERS
Adapted from JOHN BUNYAN.
Part First.
Part Second.
XL. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW 495
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Titlepage iii
Preface v
Contents vii
Tail-piece to Contents ix
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents 1
Beth put a pair of slippers down to warm 5
I used to be so frightened when it was my turn to sit in the big chair 6
Do it this way, clasp your hands so 7
It was a cheerful, hopeful letter 10
How you used to play Pilgrim's Progress 11
No one but Beth could get much music out of the old piano 13
At nine they stopped work and sung as usual 14
Merry Christmas 15
The procession set out 19
Out came Meg with gray horse-hair hanging about her face 22
A little figure in cloudy white 23
The lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro's blessing 25
We talked over the fence 27
Tail-piece 28
Eating apples and crying over the "Heir of Redclyffe" 29
Jo undertook to pinch the papered locks 31
Mrs. Gardiner greeted them 34
Face to face with the Laurence boy 35
They sat down on the stairs 39
Tell about the party 42
The kitten stuck like a burr just out of reach 43
Curling herself up in the big chair 48
Reading that everlasting Belsham 52
He took her by the ear! by the ear! 54
Mr. Laurence hooked up a big fish 55
Tail-piece 57
Being neighborly 58
Laurie opened the window 60
Poll tweaked off his wig 64
Putting his finger under her chin 67
Please give these to your mother 69
Tail-piece 72
O sir, they do care very much 75
Mr. Laurence often opened his study door 77
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