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Lesson Little
8

Women

Self, Family, Home, Friends

Warm Up

• Is your family small or large? Tell your class about your family.

• If you were to gift something to your family members, what would you give and why?

About the Writer

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was an American novelist and poet.
She is best known for her novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels,
Little Men (1871) and Jo’s Boys (1886).

Let us read an excerpt from the famous novel Little Women about four sisters and their
plans to buy gifts for their mother.

I Read

This is the story of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Their father is away fighting the
war, and they live with their mother. Christmas is around the corner, and they are
planning to buy gifts for their mother and practising for a play on Christmas Eve.

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