Little Women This is a lovely and heart rending tale about the March family- Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. Little Women is set in the 1860s in a New England town modeled on Concord, Massachusetts. The March family loses its wealth and gains so much more, love and unity. Little Women is a wonderful and brilliant story of suspense and humor, as well as lessons about the importance of honesty, hard work, true love, and family unity. A Brilliant portrayal of nineteenth-century American family life. With more than 200 illustrations by Frank T. Merrill and a picture of the Home of the Little Women by