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Little Women — narrated by a designed AI voice

1832–1888 · Literature Designed AI voice
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Margaret found a place as nursery governess and felt rich with her small salary. As she said, she was ‘fond of luxury’, and her chief trouble was poverty. She found it harder to bear than the others because she could remember a time when home was beautiful, life full of ease and pleasure, and want of any kind unknown. She tried not to be envious or discontented, but it was very natural that the young girl should long for pretty things, gay friends, accomplishments, and a happy life. At the Kings’ she daily saw all she wanted, for the children’s older sisters were just out, and Meg caught frequent glimpses of dainty ball dresses and bouquets, heard lively gossip about theaters, concerts, sleighing parties, and merrymakings of all kinds, and saw money lavished on trifles which would have been so precious to her. Poor Meg seldom complained, but a sense of injustice made her feel bitter toward everyone sometimes, for she had not yet learned to know how rich she was in the blessings which alone can make life happy.

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About this work

Little Women is a public-domain work, here read aloud in a designed AI voice (made from a written description, not cloned from any recording of the author).

Who was Louisa May Alcott?

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, and wrote to support her family; as a Civil War nurse at the Union Hotel Hospital in Georgetown she sent home the letters that became Hospital Sketches. When her publisher asked for a girls' story, she drew on her own sisters for Little Women (1868) and finished its second part on New Year's Day 1869.

About the voice

This edition uses a designed AI voice: a new voice generated from a written description of Louisa May Alcott’s voice, not cloned from any recording of the author. It is not a recording of Louisa May Alcott reading this work.

Provenance: Designed AI voice — designed from a written description, not cloned from any recording of the author. We label every voice by how it was made for this edition — restored, designed, studio AI, or disputed.

Questions

Is this Louisa May Alcott’s recorded voice?

No. This edition uses a designed AI voice: a new voice generated from a written description of Louisa May Alcott’s voice, not cloned from any recording of the author. It is not a recording of Louisa May Alcott reading this work.

Is Little Women in the public domain?

Yes. Little Women is in the public domain in the United States; availability varies by country.

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