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Different Characters and Destines of Four Sisters in Little Women
JING Jing, JING Xia
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2016.03.005
Changchun University, Changchun, China No. 20 Junior Middle School of Siping, Siping, China
Little Women is a novel published in1868 and written by American author Louisa May Alcott. The story concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. It was based on Alcott’s own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts with her three sisters, Anna, May, and Elizabeth. It is a story about love, faith, fortitude, and devotion. And this paper aims at analyzing the four sisters’ different characters and destinies and tries to give readers a new understanding about this novel.
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