路易莎·阿尔科特《小妇人》.pdf

Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
作者简介
阿尔科特路易莎( ),作家,
生于宾夕法尼亚州日尔曼敦。布朗森·阿尔科特之女。年,她根
据自己家庭生活的亲身经历写成《小女人》(),获得
巨大的成功,该书成为经典儿童读物。紧接着,《好妻子》(
)于年面世。以后又相继出版了《墨守陈规的姑娘》(
)、《小男人》( )和
《乔的男孩们》(’)。
Little Women 1
LITTLE WOMEN
PART 1
2 Little Women
CHAPTER ONE
“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.
The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheer-
ful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, “We haven’t got Father, and
shall not have him for a long time.” She didn’t say “perhaps never,” but
each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.
Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, “You know
the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was
because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone;and she thinks we
ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in
the army. We can’t do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and
ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don’t.” And Meg shook her head, as
she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.
“But I don’t think the little we should spend would do any good. We’ve
each got a dollar, and the army wouldn’t be much helped by our giving that.
I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy
UNDINE AND SINTRAM for myself. I’ve wanted it so long,” said Jo,
who was a bookworm.
“I planned to spend mine in new music,” said Beth, with a little sigh, which
no one heard but the hearth brush and kettle holder.
“I shall get a nice box of Faber’s drawing pencils. I really need them,” said
Little Wom