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Mulherzinhas

Name: Mulherzinhas
Author: Louisa May Alcott

Título em inglês: Little Women

de Louisa May Alcott · leitura graduada

10 capítulos
33.230 palavras
cerca de 255 min

Meg, Jo, Beth e Amy March crescem numa pequena cidade de Nova Inglaterra enquanto o pai está na guerra. Com falta de dinheiro, mas ricas em amor, as quatro irmãs discutem, sonham, fazem amizade com o rapaz solitário ao lado e, lentamente, encontram o seu caminho no mundo.

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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."