Follow the lives of the four March sisters as they navigate the challenges of growing up in Civil War-era New England. From youthful dreams and sibling rivalries to first loves and personal sacrifices, their journeys are filled with both hardship and joy. This classic tale explores the enduring bonds of family and the path to womanhood.
Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832. She and her three sisters, Anna, Elizabeth, and May, were educated by their father, philosopher and teacher Bronson Alcott, and raised on the practical Christianity of their mother, Abigail May.
Louisa spent her childhood in Boston and in Concord, Massachusetts, where her days were enlightened by visits to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s library, excursions into nature with Henry David Thoreau, and theatricals in the barn at...