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Little Women, the gray dawn of Christmas

Author: Louisa May Alcott Year: 1868 Length: 363 characters Difficulty: easy Public domain

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Jo was the first to wake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning. No stockings hung at the fireplace, and for a moment she felt as much disappointed as she did long ago, when her little sock fell down because it was crammed so full of goodies. Then she remembered her mother’s promise and, slipping her hand under her pillow, drew out a little crimson-covered book.

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Louisa May Alcott wrote the first part of Little Women in a few weeks in 1868, at the suggestion of her publisher Thomas Niles. She based the four sisters on herself and her own sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. The second part followed in 1869 and the two were later printed as one book. The full text is on Project Gutenberg.

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Louisa May Alcott wrote the first part of Little Women in a few weeks in 1868, at the suggestion of her publisher Thomas Niles. She based the four sisters on herself and her own sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. The second part followed in 1869 and the two were later printed as one book. The full text is on Project Gutenberg.

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Everyday vocabulary with a few apostrophes, which makes it a comfortable passage for a longer continuous run.

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