Little Women - Abridged Author:Louisa May Alcott Dignified, sensible Meg, fun-loving, tomboy Jo, shy, gentle Beth, beautiful, ladylike Amy. These are the most famous "Little Women" in the world of storybooks. So real are these girls they seem almost to have lived - and they did! For this is the lively story of Louisa May Alcott's very own vamily.