Little Women (Books on Film Series) » (Special Value)

Generations of readers young and old have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott's most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to one another and the hardships they face as a family in Civil War-era New England. As the years pass, the sisters share some of their most cherished and painful moments of self-discovery, as they navigate issues of independence, romance, and virtue. Features a new introduction by Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly film critic and member of the New York Film Critics Circle.

Winona Ryder and Academy Award-winner Susan Sarandon star in this heartwarming family favorite directed by Gillian Armstrong (Oscar and Lucinda). With her husband off at war, Marmee (Sarandon) is left alone to raise their four daughters, her little women. There is the spirited Jo (Ryder, in an Oscar-nominated performance), conservative Meg (Trini Alvarado), fragile Beth (Claire Danes), and romantic Amy (played at different ages by Kristen Dunst and Samantha Mathis). Gabriel Byrne, Eric Stoltz, and Christian Bale co-star in this "handcrafted valentine" (Newsweek) of a film.