Little Women - Vintage 1926 Author:Louisa May Alcott "Little Women (or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy) is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832â€"1888). Written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, it was published in two parts in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives of four sisters, "Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March"and is loosely based on the author's... more » childhood experiences with her three sisters. The first part of the book was an immediate commercial and critical success and prompted the composition of the book's second part, also a huge success.« less