四位少女的青春成長紀事
馬區家的四姊妹有著截然不同的性格:成熟婉約的瑪格、男孩子氣想當作家的喬、害羞愛彈琴的貝絲、早熟具繪畫天分的艾美。她們的父親至遠方從軍,母親必須 支持家中經濟,所以她們得互相扶持,為家中盡一份心力。不論是在家鬧著玩演話劇、成立祕密社團,或慶祝耶誕節時,她們內心總想著:父親是否能安全歸來呢?
《小婦人》全書共分為兩部,第一部寫的是她們在父親為國出征的一年間,所經歷的種種艱辛與喜悅;第二部(又稱《好妻子》)則敘述父親歷劫歸來後,四姊妹 探索自我、找到人生歸宿的過程:瑪格是否能與布魯克先生結為連理?喬能否如願成為一流作家?貝絲能否逃離死亡的陰影?艾美在遊遍歐洲後終將情歸何處?
此書中譯本<<小婦人>>由商周出版 出版
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With an Afterword by Anna South.
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