The novel tells the story of the lives of four sisters from the "Marsh" family and follows their transition from childhood to adulthood, quoting the life of Alcott May and her sisters in Massachusetts, United States of America, in the mid-nineteenth century, the period in which the women's movements began, of which the writer was a supporter until her death in 1888 The book is set in the time of the war between the North and the South in the United States of America, where the girls' father goes to the army to help the sick and wounded. The Marsh family was one of the wealthy families, but poverty befell them after their father lost his money in an attempt to help a friend of his. Despite the severe poverty that the girls suffered from, they did not stop helping the poor and giving up their happiness for the sake of the happiness of others and those around them. These good and benign morals that the girls enjoyed were a reason to extend a bridge of good relations for them with their neighbor, the old gentleman, and his grandson in the next house. The Marsh family also goes through a series of sad events, but they are not devoid of joyful events that delight the reader's heart.
