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The Housemaid’s Wedding is a short story by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), best known for her classic novel Little Women . While not as famous as her March family saga, this lesser-known work offers a charming, insightful, and quietly subversive look at Victorian-era social hierarchies, romance, and the dreams of working-class women. Overview of the Story Originally published in 1854 under the title The Wedding (and later collected in Alcott’s anthology A Garland for Girls , 1888), the story centers on Letty , a young, loyal, and hardworking housemaid in a wealthy Boston household. Letty is in love with Tom , a kind-hearted carpenter. When Tom finally proposes, Letty faces a dilemma: how can she have a proper wedding when she has little money, no family support, and a demanding employer?