Les quatre filles du Docteur March

Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another'Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is away fighting in the Civil War, and the family has fallen on hard times. But though they may be poor, life for the four March sisters is rich with colour, as they play games, put on wild theatricals, make new friends, argue, grapple with their vices, learn from their mistakes, nurse each other through sickness and disappointments, and get into all sorts of trouble.Biographie de l'auteurLouisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832 in Pennsylvania. Her father was friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. Alcott started selling stories in order to help provide financial support for her family. Her first book wasFlower Fables (1854). She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War and in 1863 she publishedHospital Sketches, which was based on her experiences.Little Women was published in 1868 and was based on her life growing up with her three sisters. She followed it with three sequels,Good Wives (1869),Little Men (1871) andJo's Boys (1886) and she also wrote other books for both children and adults. Louisa May Alcott was an abolitionist and a campaigner for women's rights. She died on 6 March 1888.