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Tonight, we\u2019ll read the next chapter of \u201cLittle Women\u201d by American author Louisa May Alcott, published in 1868, titled \u201cLetters\u201d.\n\nYou can listen to the whole series in order at snoozecast.com/series.\n\nThe novel has been said to address three major themes: domesticity, work, and true love, all of them interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine's individual identity. According to many critics, Alcott created a whole new genre, one that took elements from romantic children's fiction and combined it with others from sentimental novels. Within the four different March sisters can be found the first vision of the "All-American girl.\u201d\n\nIn the last episode, a chapter called \u201cA Telegram,\u201d Marmee receives news that her husband has fallen ill in an army hospital. Her daughters, along with Laurie, Mr. Laurence and Mr. Brooks all rally to help in different ways. Jo cuts her long hair short at the barbers to earn some quick money, and Mr. Brooks plans to accompany Mrs. March to Washington DC.\n\n\u2014 read by 'V' \u2014\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices