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Kleine Frauen

Name: Kleine Frauen
Author: Louisa May Alcott

Englischer Titel: Little Women

von Louisa May Alcott · lektüre

10 Kapitel
33.230 Wörter
etwa 255 Min.

Meg, Jo, Beth und Amy March wachsen in einer kleinen Stadt in Neuengland auf, während ihr Vater im Krieg ist. Mangelnd an Geld, aber reich an Liebe, streiten sich die vier Schwestern, träumen, schließen Freundschaft mit dem einsamen Jungen nebenan und finden langsam ihren eigenen Weg in der Welt.

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"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

"We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.

For a moment the four young faces brightened in the firelight. Then Jo said quietly, "We haven't got Father, and we shan't have him for a long time." She did not add "perhaps never," but each of them thought it, picturing him far away in the South, where the war was being fought.

Meg explained, in a softer voice, why there were to be no presents that winter. Their mother felt it was wrong to spend money on pleasure while men were suffering in the army. "We can't do much," Meg admitted, "but we can make our little sacrifices, and we ought to make them gladly. I'm afraid I don't, though."