The March sisters are among the most beloved characters in children's literature, and Good Wives. As Meg marries John, Jo is faced with a romantic dilemma of her own, Amy travels to Europe, and Beth becomes increasingly ill. In this sensitive and lively novel, Alcott - 'the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom', as Henry James called her - is on sparkling form.

Look out for Little Women-soon to be a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timoth©♭e Chalamet, and Meryl Streep! Louisa May Alcott's enchanting tale of Jo March and her former students concludes with this beautiful keepsake edition of Jo's Boys, the final novel in the Little Women Collection! Ten years after Jo opened a school for boys, the little men have grown up and left Plumfield. Now college students, sailors, and musicians,...

Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.

As the Rebel army advances toward the March family's hometown, father returns to the war. On the way home from church in a heavy rainstorm, Beth finds a stray kitten suffering from the weather, and nurses it back to health.

Amy and her family spend the night on a small hill. Next morning, they return to their house only to find it burned and destroyed. They must move north to stay with Aunt March in New England.

Amy and her sisters shelter John under the floor, while Rebel soldiers search for him unsuccessfully. Mother sees him off on his dangerous trip north to safety, supplying him with food and money for the journey. Then the battle begins in earnest.

Jo and Aunt March take a walk together and visit the harbor. There Aunt March reminisces, telling Jo her wonderful memories -- and the sorrow she has endured.

As the battle becomes more violent, people flee from the town. The March family is finally forced to leave their home.

Jo, who has written plays and stories, begins a novel. She wants it to appear as a serial in a newspaper. She meets with the editor of a local newspaper, but is angered by his lack of interest.