Lovers of Little Women must always face some truisms — Beth will die; Jo will reject Laurie and choose the professor. But what if Beth's death was not the tragic result of an illness, but murder? In ...

In "Beth Is Dead," a modern reimagining of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women," Beth, who hasn't returned home from a New Year's Eve party the night before, goes from missing to dead within the first ...

Texas author Katie Bernet’s first memory of “Little Women” was seeing the tear-streaked face of her best friend’s older sister at a childhood sleepover. Beth had just died. When Bernet herself read ...