The March sisters are among the most beloved characters in childrenรs literature, and Good Wives ร the second volume of Little Women ร picks up where its predecessor left off. As Meg marries John, Jo is faced with a romantic dilemma of her own, Amy travels to Europe, and Beth becomes increasingly ill. In this sensitive and lively novel, Alcott ร รthe Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroomร, as Henry James called her ร is on sparkling form.