Jo's Boys is the final novel in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women series, a coming-of-age story set ten years after Little Men. It follows the grown students of Plumfield as they choose careers, face tests of character, and form families of their own. Warm and reflective, it offers a gentle portrait of education, friendship, and second chances.
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Opening of the book
JO'S BOYS By Louisa M. Alcott Chapter 1. TEN YEARS LATER Chapter 2. PARNASSUS Chapter 3. JO'S LAST SCRAPE Chapter 4. DAN Chapter 5. VACATION Chapter 6. LAST WORDS Chapter 7. THE LION AND THE LAMB Chapter 8. JOSIE PLAYS MERMAID Chapter 9. THE WORM TURNS Chapter 10. DEMI SETTLES Chapter 11. EMIL'S THANKSGIVING Chapter 12. DAN'S CHRISTMAS Chapter 13. NAT'S NEW YEAR
Chapter 14. PLAYS AT PLUMFIELD Chapter 15. WAITING Chapter 16. IN THE TENNIS-COURT Chapter 17. AMONG THE MAIDS Chapter 18. CLASS DAY Chapter 19. WHITE ROSES Chapter 20. LIFE FOR LIFE Chapter 21. ASLAUGA'S KNIGHT Chapter 22. POSITIVELY LAST APPEARANCE Chapter 1. TEN YEARS LATER 'If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place here in ten years, I wouldn't have believed it,' said Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg, as they sat on the piazza at Plumfield one summer day, looking about them with faces full of pride and pleasure. 'This is the sort of magic that money and kind hearts can work. I am sure Mr Laurence could have no nobler monument than the college he so generously endowed; and a home like this will keep Aunt March's memory green as long as it lasts,' answered Mrs Meg, always glad to praise the absent. 'We used to believe in fairies, you remember, and plan what we'd ask for if we could have three wishes. Doesn't it seem as if mine had been really granted at last? Money, fame, and plenty of the work I love,' said Mrs Jo,
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