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Which novel did Mervyn LeRoy adapt for his 1949 version of Little Women?
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Mervyn LeRoy's 1949 film Little Women was an adaptation of the classic novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. Originally published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the book chronicles the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they navigate the challenges of family life and growing up in Massachusetts during the American Civil War.123