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Little Women
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Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott鈥檚 most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.
Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott鈥檚 most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.
It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman鈥檚 work,鈥� including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl鈥檚 book鈥� her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.
449 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 30, 1868
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Louisa May Alcott
3,586听books10.1k听followersLouisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used pen names such as A.M. Barnard, under which she wrote lurid short stories and sensation novels for adults that focused on passion and revenge.
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted for stage plays, films, and television many times.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She also spent her life active in reform movements such as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke in Boston on March 6, 1888, just two days after her father's death.
Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used pen names such as A.M. Barnard, under which she wrote lurid short stories and sensation novels for adults that focused on passion and revenge.
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted for stage plays, films, and television many times.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She also spent her life active in reform movements such as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke in Boston on March 6, 1888, just two days after her father's death.
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December 31, 2024
Some books read like a lifelong friendship, each page a warm or comforting embrace as you laugh and weep along with the characters. Little Women by L.M. Alcott is an enduring and endearing classic that will nestle its way so deep into your heart that you鈥檒l wonder if the sound of turning pages has become your new heartbeat in your chest. To read the novel is a magical experience, and we are all like Laurie peering in through the March鈥檚 window and relishing in the warmth within. I have long loved the film adaptations and make it a holiday tradition to ensure I at least watch it every December (it has Christmas in it, it counts), so it was fascinating to finally read the actual novel and return to character I feel I鈥檝e always known yet still find it fresh and even more lovely than ever before. Semi-autobiographical, Alcott traces the lives of the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, and their struggles to make their own way in a society that offers little use for women beyond the household. An emotional epic and moving family saga full of strong characters, sharp criticisms on society and gender roles, and a beautiful plea to dispense with the worship of wealth and find true purpose and value in simplicity, nature and generosity.
鈥�I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.鈥�
Little Women will leave your heart full and your pen dry from underlining the seemingly endless lovely passages. I鈥檇 like to thank Adira and her wonderful review for convincing me to finally actually read this and not just watch the movie again (I did last night though, because who doesn鈥檛 want to relive the joy of yelling 鈥淏ob Odenkirk?!鈥� in a theater and later sobbing) because, just when I thought I couldn鈥檛 love this story more, now I鈥檓 fully engulfed by it. Surely enough has been written about this book already, but i like to ramble about things I love so here鈥檚 a more I guess (I鈥檒l try to keep it shorter than usual [having finished writing it now, I failed]). But how can you not be with such incredible characters? Jo is of course the favorite, but I think part of loving this book is wanting to be Jo and realizing you are Amy, but each character touches your heart in their own way. Mr. Laurence and Beth鈥檚 connection with the piano and lost daughters makes me teary just writing this. Alcott based the story on and one can read a genuine love for the characters pouring from every page.
鈥�Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.鈥�
Alcott was a and many of her beliefs shine through in the novel. Much of this came from her father and one will be pleased to learn that the real Mr. March鈥斺€攚as as radical in his time as his fictional counterpart. An abolitionist who also advocated for women鈥檚 rights, Amos became a major transcendentalist figure along with his friend, . Alcott鈥檚 mother was equally radical for her time too, and many of their teachings arrive here through Mrs. March to her children. There is, of course, the belief in nature as the ideal, such as when the March girls, having little jewelry, adorn themselves in flowers instead. Even Laurie states 鈥�I don鈥檛 like fuss and feathers,鈥� another instance of a return to simplicity over flashy status symbols. There is also the belief in generosity, which is seen throughout with the March family always involved in helping others, and the belief that hard work is important, but not for profit reasons but because it leads to spiritual and emotional happiness and freedom.
Towards the start of the novel, the mother advises the children to be like Christian from 鈥檚 allegorical novel and we can see how Little Women follows a similar fashion of 笔颈濒驳谤颈尘鈥檚 being knowledge gained through the travel of a life lived, and each daughter is shown to face certain trials and must learn to bear their burdens, like Jo鈥檚 anger, Amy鈥檚 desire to be liked, Meg鈥檚 desire for vanity, Beth鈥檚 passivity. But the largest burdens here are those of love and labor.
鈥�Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they鈥檝e got ambition, and they鈥檝e got talent, as well as just beauty. I鈥檓 so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for.鈥�
The relationship to work is threaded through the entire novel. We have Jo and Amy who wish to be great and break from the traditional mold for women in society. Jo wants to be a writer, though she only publishes scandalous stories under a false name, and Amy desires to be a painter. And neither will settle for anything less than greatness 鈥�because talent isn't genius, Amy states, 鈥�and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.鈥� Meg and Beth, on the other hand, show different routes a woman can take. The novel questions if women can find happiness outside marriage and caring for a household, and these struggles bash against social expectations along the way.
鈥� I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman,' and not be rough and wild; but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else.鈥�
鈥� I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy,鈥� Jo quips, and a major part of Little Women is a critique of gender roles and how they stifle people in society. Laurie is an excellent foil to Jo, in many ways, but is also a way that Alcott addresses and subverts gender expectations. Jo and Laurie both use shortened versions of their name that seem to cross gender expectations (even though Laurie didn鈥檛 like being called Dora) and in many ways Jo tends to represent more masculine behavior while Laurie often a more feminine role. While Meg dresses in finery and tries to fill the traditional role of a woman, Jo prefers to romp in nature in simple or dirty garments and behave, by her own admission, like a boy.
Recently there has been a lot of discussion on the author鈥檚 gender and sexuality, with even the New York Times writing an opinion piece wondering if Alcott or Jo was a trans man. I know that frustrates some people but personally I find it interesting to think about, even if a bit anachronistic, but it seems to be a genuine question people investigate about authors who subvert gender expectations (think how often it was avoided to discuss 鈥檚 sexuality in the past and now we have letters and look at scenes in Mrs Dalloway and think 鈥渙h yea, that makes total sense鈥�). Honestly, I say Jo is whatever you want Jo to be. Trans, lesbian, ace, or just a girl pushing back on gender norms. I think the key detail is that Jo was breaking out of the mold, so let that empower you as you best see fit. Personally I thought the marriage to Friedrich felt tacked on anyways (I enjoy the way the Gerwig adaptation addresses this) but, side note, I do see how Alcott weaves in the transcendentalist notion of the 鈥渦niversal family鈥� and belief in learning about and supporting other cultures here. Friedrich is German, Meg marries the English John, and Laurie is said to be half-Italian, which all comes as a rebuttal to the anti-immigration sentiments of the times.
鈥�I like good strong words that mean something,鈥� Jo says and that appeals to my love of language as well. This book deals with love in many ways, but feels like a romance between book and reader as you enjoy every page. Little Women was ahead of its time and still stands proudly today as an endearing work that dares challenge social convention. But most importantly, it feels like a friend. Finishing is hard as now I鈥檒l miss the days with the March sisters, and I find books that take you from childhood to adulthood often hit the hardest because you feel as if you鈥檝e grown up together. An emotional read, also a genius one, Little Women is a favorite now forever.
5/5
鈥� Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.鈥�
鈥�I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.鈥�
Little Women will leave your heart full and your pen dry from underlining the seemingly endless lovely passages. I鈥檇 like to thank Adira and her wonderful review for convincing me to finally actually read this and not just watch the movie again (I did last night though, because who doesn鈥檛 want to relive the joy of yelling 鈥淏ob Odenkirk?!鈥� in a theater and later sobbing) because, just when I thought I couldn鈥檛 love this story more, now I鈥檓 fully engulfed by it. Surely enough has been written about this book already, but i like to ramble about things I love so here鈥檚 a more I guess (I鈥檒l try to keep it shorter than usual [having finished writing it now, I failed]). But how can you not be with such incredible characters? Jo is of course the favorite, but I think part of loving this book is wanting to be Jo and realizing you are Amy, but each character touches your heart in their own way. Mr. Laurence and Beth鈥檚 connection with the piano and lost daughters makes me teary just writing this. Alcott based the story on and one can read a genuine love for the characters pouring from every page.
鈥�Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.鈥�
Alcott was a and many of her beliefs shine through in the novel. Much of this came from her father and one will be pleased to learn that the real Mr. March鈥斺€攚as as radical in his time as his fictional counterpart. An abolitionist who also advocated for women鈥檚 rights, Amos became a major transcendentalist figure along with his friend, . Alcott鈥檚 mother was equally radical for her time too, and many of their teachings arrive here through Mrs. March to her children. There is, of course, the belief in nature as the ideal, such as when the March girls, having little jewelry, adorn themselves in flowers instead. Even Laurie states 鈥�I don鈥檛 like fuss and feathers,鈥� another instance of a return to simplicity over flashy status symbols. There is also the belief in generosity, which is seen throughout with the March family always involved in helping others, and the belief that hard work is important, but not for profit reasons but because it leads to spiritual and emotional happiness and freedom.
鈥�Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again; for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them. Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for every one; it keeps us from ennui and mischief; is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence better than money or fashion.鈥�
Towards the start of the novel, the mother advises the children to be like Christian from 鈥檚 allegorical novel and we can see how Little Women follows a similar fashion of 笔颈濒驳谤颈尘鈥檚 being knowledge gained through the travel of a life lived, and each daughter is shown to face certain trials and must learn to bear their burdens, like Jo鈥檚 anger, Amy鈥檚 desire to be liked, Meg鈥檚 desire for vanity, Beth鈥檚 passivity. But the largest burdens here are those of love and labor.
鈥�Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they鈥檝e got ambition, and they鈥檝e got talent, as well as just beauty. I鈥檓 so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for.鈥�
The relationship to work is threaded through the entire novel. We have Jo and Amy who wish to be great and break from the traditional mold for women in society. Jo wants to be a writer, though she only publishes scandalous stories under a false name, and Amy desires to be a painter. And neither will settle for anything less than greatness 鈥�because talent isn't genius, Amy states, 鈥�and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.鈥� Meg and Beth, on the other hand, show different routes a woman can take. The novel questions if women can find happiness outside marriage and caring for a household, and these struggles bash against social expectations along the way.
鈥� I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman,' and not be rough and wild; but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else.鈥�
鈥� I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy,鈥� Jo quips, and a major part of Little Women is a critique of gender roles and how they stifle people in society. Laurie is an excellent foil to Jo, in many ways, but is also a way that Alcott addresses and subverts gender expectations. Jo and Laurie both use shortened versions of their name that seem to cross gender expectations (even though Laurie didn鈥檛 like being called Dora) and in many ways Jo tends to represent more masculine behavior while Laurie often a more feminine role. While Meg dresses in finery and tries to fill the traditional role of a woman, Jo prefers to romp in nature in simple or dirty garments and behave, by her own admission, like a boy.
Recently there has been a lot of discussion on the author鈥檚 gender and sexuality, with even the New York Times writing an opinion piece wondering if Alcott or Jo was a trans man. I know that frustrates some people but personally I find it interesting to think about, even if a bit anachronistic, but it seems to be a genuine question people investigate about authors who subvert gender expectations (think how often it was avoided to discuss 鈥檚 sexuality in the past and now we have letters and look at scenes in Mrs Dalloway and think 鈥渙h yea, that makes total sense鈥�). Honestly, I say Jo is whatever you want Jo to be. Trans, lesbian, ace, or just a girl pushing back on gender norms. I think the key detail is that Jo was breaking out of the mold, so let that empower you as you best see fit. Personally I thought the marriage to Friedrich felt tacked on anyways (I enjoy the way the Gerwig adaptation addresses this) but, side note, I do see how Alcott weaves in the transcendentalist notion of the 鈥渦niversal family鈥� and belief in learning about and supporting other cultures here. Friedrich is German, Meg marries the English John, and Laurie is said to be half-Italian, which all comes as a rebuttal to the anti-immigration sentiments of the times.
鈥�I like good strong words that mean something,鈥� Jo says and that appeals to my love of language as well. This book deals with love in many ways, but feels like a romance between book and reader as you enjoy every page. Little Women was ahead of its time and still stands proudly today as an endearing work that dares challenge social convention. But most importantly, it feels like a friend. Finishing is hard as now I鈥檒l miss the days with the March sisters, and I find books that take you from childhood to adulthood often hit the hardest because you feel as if you鈥檝e grown up together. An emotional read, also a genius one, Little Women is a favorite now forever.
5/5
鈥� Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.鈥�
March 15, 2021
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The March sisters may be radically different but they all have one thing in common - love.
鈥淒on't try to make me grow up before my time鈥︹€�
Their love for their mother and father, their love for adventure and for each other unites them in this troubled time.
The Civil War is afoot and all the sisters can do is think about their father away and in battle. Their mother tries to distract them but often she can barely distract herself.
Jo, a radical tomboy and aspiring author - rallies her family with her amusing plays and scribbles.
I like good strong words that mean something鈥�Meg, the beautiful sister, often puts her family first and holds them together when her mother cannot.
You don鈥檛 need scores of suitors. You need only one鈥� if he鈥檚 the right one.Amy, the youngest, was spoiled as a child and oh my, it shows. But even she can rally when life looks darkest.
I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.Beth, sweet and good-natured, valiantly cheers on her sisters but her frail health often keeps her at the sidelines.
There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping...The sisters must face hardships their New England home.
They must face things that they never would have thought possible.
But, even in the darkest of times, they will have each other. And that is most important of all.
Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.This is probably my fifth or sixth time through and yes, I am totally going to read it again.
There's just something about this book that's absolutely gorgeous and timeless.
I love the sisters and their relationships with each other - I see so much of myself and my cousins with their day-to-day interactions.
Jo, the darling, is the perfect mix of strength and fear. Watching her grow from a brash girl to confident young woman just makes my heart happy.
You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.And the message of the book! Ahh. My heart. So full.
It often feels like the messages from books in the mid 1800s are saccharine sweet or so heavy-handed with their themes that they're ridiculous. (Just look at the later Anne of Green Gables if you'd like an example!)
But this one had just the right mixture of loving family + religion + life lessons. It was beautifully balanced.
Be worthy love, and love will come.That being said, I do absolutely hate that .
I swear, every time I reread this series, I practically rediscover that fact (my brain is incredibly good at selective memory-ing those sorts of things)...which makes it awful all the more.
Oh, and am I the only one who's still bitter over who Jo ends up with? This book may have been published in 1868 but this is my hill and I WILL DIE ON IT!
But don't let that spoil your interpretation - this book is truly wonderful. I love it.
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September 18, 2019
Someone I know claimed this no longer has value, that she would never recommend it because it's saccharine, has a religious agenda, and sends a bad message to girls that they should all be little domestic homebodies. I say she's wrong on all counts. This is high on my reread list along with Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and a Tree Grows in Brooklyn--you could say that I'm pretty familiar with it.
Let's see--there's a heroine who not only writes, but is proud of the fact and makes a profit from it in a time that this was somewhat out-of-the-ordinary. Reading this, and especially knowing later that the main character is (for all practical purposes) Alcott herself, inspired me to write myself, and I haven't forgotten the writing lessons even today: don't let money cloud your vision, write for yourself first, take criticism, write what you know. Still wise even today. Also in this book, we see the perspective of a family coping with the financial and emotional strain of having a loved one away at war, something that is unfortunately all too relatable today. There's also (extraordinary in those times, common in ours)a platonic, though not uncomplicated, friendship between a man and a woman that is sort of a different kind of love story in a way and a powerful one at that. We see people getting married, but marriage is never portrayed as The Answer to Everything--many of the matches involve sacrifice and struggling. The girls, though good at heart, aren't a picture-perfect family of saints. They're flawed and human. The paragon Beth would seem the exception, but the message with her is more about how even the quietest among us can make an impact on the world--not parading her isolated life as an example, only her kindness.
I won't lie. Someone dies, there's a war and a father's away--so yes, God is mentioned: I think there's a few Pilgrim's Progress references in passing and there's some talk of faith at moments when the characters most need it. To contemporary readers, this may seem like a lot, but heavy-handed it is not. It was probably somewhat unusual for its time. The thought that everyone's relationship and perception of God could greatly vary, and that to be true to your religion was entirely non judgmental and meant being kind to other people and trying to make yourself better, not other people? The thought that each person must be allowed to deal with these feelings in their own time in their own way? Wacky stuff.
I admit it seems like a tough sell to today's kids, packaged in somewhat formal sounding-language, and bearing every indication of being literary broccoli, but this book is a classic for a reason. It might be a tough sell, but I don't think we should give up on trying to think of ways to do it anyway. What's inside still counts. Don't write it off.
*note* for those of you who liked this review, check out my review of the new The Little Women Cookbook by Jenne Bergstrom and Miko Osada.
Let's see--there's a heroine who not only writes, but is proud of the fact and makes a profit from it in a time that this was somewhat out-of-the-ordinary. Reading this, and especially knowing later that the main character is (for all practical purposes) Alcott herself, inspired me to write myself, and I haven't forgotten the writing lessons even today: don't let money cloud your vision, write for yourself first, take criticism, write what you know. Still wise even today. Also in this book, we see the perspective of a family coping with the financial and emotional strain of having a loved one away at war, something that is unfortunately all too relatable today. There's also (extraordinary in those times, common in ours)a platonic, though not uncomplicated, friendship between a man and a woman that is sort of a different kind of love story in a way and a powerful one at that. We see people getting married, but marriage is never portrayed as The Answer to Everything--many of the matches involve sacrifice and struggling. The girls, though good at heart, aren't a picture-perfect family of saints. They're flawed and human. The paragon Beth would seem the exception, but the message with her is more about how even the quietest among us can make an impact on the world--not parading her isolated life as an example, only her kindness.
I won't lie. Someone dies, there's a war and a father's away--so yes, God is mentioned: I think there's a few Pilgrim's Progress references in passing and there's some talk of faith at moments when the characters most need it. To contemporary readers, this may seem like a lot, but heavy-handed it is not. It was probably somewhat unusual for its time. The thought that everyone's relationship and perception of God could greatly vary, and that to be true to your religion was entirely non judgmental and meant being kind to other people and trying to make yourself better, not other people? The thought that each person must be allowed to deal with these feelings in their own time in their own way? Wacky stuff.
I admit it seems like a tough sell to today's kids, packaged in somewhat formal sounding-language, and bearing every indication of being literary broccoli, but this book is a classic for a reason. It might be a tough sell, but I don't think we should give up on trying to think of ways to do it anyway. What's inside still counts. Don't write it off.
*note* for those of you who liked this review, check out my review of the new The Little Women Cookbook by Jenne Bergstrom and Miko Osada.
July 31, 2024
I鈥橫 IN LOVE, I鈥橫 IN LOVE, AND I DON鈥橳 CARE WHO KNOWS IT!
When I was a child, my mother used to drag me to antique stores all the time. There is nothing more boring to a kid than an antique store. It smelled like dust and old people, and everything looked the same (dark wood), and if we were in a particularly bauble-heavy shop I had to clasp my hands behind my back like a Von Trapp child in order to avoid invoking the you-break-it-you-buy-it policy on a $42 crystal ashtray.
On one such excursion, when I was like eight, I found a vintage-ish copy of Little Women. Because it was a book, and because it had some kind of illustration of pretty girls in pretty dresses, it was far and away the most interesting thing in there. So I indulged in what was then and what remains one of my favorite pastimes: asking my mother to buy me something. She said no, both because it was confusingly expensive and because she doubted eight-year-old me鈥檚 lasting interest in reading a 750-page book from 1868.
Ever since, Little Women has tantalized me.
I am very pleased to say it lived up to every expectation.
This book is so cozy and delightful and happy. A lot of the time, when series start out in the childhood of characters and then follow their growing up, the book gets worse. But I always liked reading about this ragtag group of gals!!
Warning, spoiler ahead, and if you complain about me spoiling a book that was published seven of my lifetime ago I will absolutely freak out so don鈥檛 say I didn鈥檛 give you a heads up:
Obviously Jo and Laurie were meant for each other, and his marrying Amy and Jo鈥檚 marrying some random old dude was the biggest flaw of this book. But even with that, this book ended happy, and I enjoyed almost every second of it.
(Okay, I鈥檓 sorry, but Amy is the clear weak link and didn鈥檛 deserve Laurie!! I will not rejoice for them!!) (Did I have to take off a half star for that alone? Yes. Because it upset me immensely. And I won鈥檛 apologize. If anyone should be apologized to, it鈥檚 ME. And also JO. And also LAURIE!)
But absolutely every other second was a pleasure.
Bottom line: This book feels like Christmas.
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I am ready to feel COZY. I am ready to feel COMFORTED. I am ready to feel JOY.
When I was a child, my mother used to drag me to antique stores all the time. There is nothing more boring to a kid than an antique store. It smelled like dust and old people, and everything looked the same (dark wood), and if we were in a particularly bauble-heavy shop I had to clasp my hands behind my back like a Von Trapp child in order to avoid invoking the you-break-it-you-buy-it policy on a $42 crystal ashtray.
On one such excursion, when I was like eight, I found a vintage-ish copy of Little Women. Because it was a book, and because it had some kind of illustration of pretty girls in pretty dresses, it was far and away the most interesting thing in there. So I indulged in what was then and what remains one of my favorite pastimes: asking my mother to buy me something. She said no, both because it was confusingly expensive and because she doubted eight-year-old me鈥檚 lasting interest in reading a 750-page book from 1868.
Ever since, Little Women has tantalized me.
I am very pleased to say it lived up to every expectation.
This book is so cozy and delightful and happy. A lot of the time, when series start out in the childhood of characters and then follow their growing up, the book gets worse. But I always liked reading about this ragtag group of gals!!
Warning, spoiler ahead, and if you complain about me spoiling a book that was published seven of my lifetime ago I will absolutely freak out so don鈥檛 say I didn鈥檛 give you a heads up:
Obviously Jo and Laurie were meant for each other, and his marrying Amy and Jo鈥檚 marrying some random old dude was the biggest flaw of this book. But even with that, this book ended happy, and I enjoyed almost every second of it.
(Okay, I鈥檓 sorry, but Amy is the clear weak link and didn鈥檛 deserve Laurie!! I will not rejoice for them!!) (Did I have to take off a half star for that alone? Yes. Because it upset me immensely. And I won鈥檛 apologize. If anyone should be apologized to, it鈥檚 ME. And also JO. And also LAURIE!)
But absolutely every other second was a pleasure.
Bottom line: This book feels like Christmas.
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December 6, 2020
Yes, yes. I AM a grown-ass man reading this, but I'm not even remotely ashamed.
What I tried to do here was dispel the extra melodrama & embrace the cut-outs (fat trimmed out) of the Winona Ryder film. I was on the hunt for all the "new" (ha!) stuff that the regular person, well informed of the plot involving four young girls growing up (or in the case of Beth, not) never even knew existed. But it seems that the film did a great job not adding many more scenes than direly needed (like the Byrne-Ryder night at the opera scene-- it explains why she doesn't choose Laurie after all) nor taking indispensable scenes from the century-&-a-half old novel to the cutting room floor. Alas, there's a good reason why Entertainment Weekly once decreed that the film was a great comfort to all post-911 victims--a holistic healing to the nation as a whole. The story has no great battles to speak of... no violence, no terrible disasters. The minutiae is symbolic of fragile domestic existences... important & very fun to read about--this coming from a Bridget and Carrie Bradshaw fan of course. "Little Women" is at its core all about Old School American values, such as temperance, forgiveness, hard work. It has astute lessons aplenty--to rival even old Aesopus himself. Laurie and Amy have the best lines, & there are plenty of groans amidst cute vignettes and harsh but necessary life lessons--for Americans and non alike. This is relevant today, more so than "On the Road" or other so called "quintessential American classics"--& that's a genuine plus.
This one stands as outstanding soap opera theatrics woven intelligently with American history herself. Good stuff, like a wise mentor of American Lit would say. Also, mega appropriate for the season!
(2014)
What I tried to do here was dispel the extra melodrama & embrace the cut-outs (fat trimmed out) of the Winona Ryder film. I was on the hunt for all the "new" (ha!) stuff that the regular person, well informed of the plot involving four young girls growing up (or in the case of Beth, not) never even knew existed. But it seems that the film did a great job not adding many more scenes than direly needed (like the Byrne-Ryder night at the opera scene-- it explains why she doesn't choose Laurie after all) nor taking indispensable scenes from the century-&-a-half old novel to the cutting room floor. Alas, there's a good reason why Entertainment Weekly once decreed that the film was a great comfort to all post-911 victims--a holistic healing to the nation as a whole. The story has no great battles to speak of... no violence, no terrible disasters. The minutiae is symbolic of fragile domestic existences... important & very fun to read about--this coming from a Bridget and Carrie Bradshaw fan of course. "Little Women" is at its core all about Old School American values, such as temperance, forgiveness, hard work. It has astute lessons aplenty--to rival even old Aesopus himself. Laurie and Amy have the best lines, & there are plenty of groans amidst cute vignettes and harsh but necessary life lessons--for Americans and non alike. This is relevant today, more so than "On the Road" or other so called "quintessential American classics"--& that's a genuine plus.
This one stands as outstanding soap opera theatrics woven intelligently with American history herself. Good stuff, like a wise mentor of American Lit would say. Also, mega appropriate for the season!
(2014)
February 2, 2023
This book means SISTERHOOD... FAMILY鈥� HAPPINESS鈥OGETHERNESS鈥� THANKFULNESS鈥� GENUINENESS鈥OLIDARITY鈥ELIEFS鈥� RESPECT鈥NCONDITIONAL LOVE鈥ONESTY鈥INDNESS鈥�
This is magical book, when I get into my hands for the first time, I was only eleven and for decades I kept on getting it into my hands, reread it several times and same words resonated different for me, awoke different feelings, made me look at the characters鈥� flaws and differences at brand new perspective.
Even though I know the ending: I laughed, I cried, I sighed, I smiled, I jumped, I felt peaceful and at the end I LOVED IT TRULY, DEEPLY so MUCH! Christmas is coming. You think there won鈥檛 be Christmas without presents and I think there won鈥檛 be any meaningful celebration without doing my yearly reading of this book and reconnecting with Holly March Sisterhood. Joe (tomboy, book-worn, hot-tempered, writer, definitely closer to my character), Meg (Romantic, sweet-natured, peace maker older sister), Beth ( sweet, shy, cute, friendly, fallen angel, musical prodigy) and Amy (spoiled, childish, artistic, elegant, refined youngest one): I LOVE YOU BOTH.
It is why this book is always my all-time favorite one! Time to reconnect with the sisters and feeling the best holiday spirit!
This is magical book, when I get into my hands for the first time, I was only eleven and for decades I kept on getting it into my hands, reread it several times and same words resonated different for me, awoke different feelings, made me look at the characters鈥� flaws and differences at brand new perspective.
Even though I know the ending: I laughed, I cried, I sighed, I smiled, I jumped, I felt peaceful and at the end I LOVED IT TRULY, DEEPLY so MUCH! Christmas is coming. You think there won鈥檛 be Christmas without presents and I think there won鈥檛 be any meaningful celebration without doing my yearly reading of this book and reconnecting with Holly March Sisterhood. Joe (tomboy, book-worn, hot-tempered, writer, definitely closer to my character), Meg (Romantic, sweet-natured, peace maker older sister), Beth ( sweet, shy, cute, friendly, fallen angel, musical prodigy) and Amy (spoiled, childish, artistic, elegant, refined youngest one): I LOVE YOU BOTH.
It is why this book is always my all-time favorite one! Time to reconnect with the sisters and feeling the best holiday spirit!
January 9, 2013
I hated this book.
I can't even begin to go into all the reasons I dislike this novel. It's dull and preachy through out most of it--aside from Jo who is a truly inspired character. But everyone else seems one note, most of the chapters come off as morality plays than solid scenes or plots. And just when Miss Alcott has something seemingly interesting she breaks it for no other reason than to do something.
Whether its the pairing of Amy and Laurie (huh?), the point made CONSTANTLY that Beth's life isn't useless because she is an angel and showed them that angels do exist and is a total Mary Sue(Really? Cause I'm glad she died before I died of boredom), the forced pairing of Jo and the Professor (Why? I mean--really... Just keep her single) there is also the message that pursing art is selfish. (Jo giving up her writing, Laurie gives up his music, Amy gives up her sketching...)
It's not a message I expected--this book is always lauded as one that has inspired countless girls... To do what? Because outside of Jo's sipirt I dont really see much to aspire to in this tsory? The overall message seems to be that as a good Christian one should sacrifice being an artist, being in love with who you want and any hope of independence...
It's not because I'm from the modern era that I dislike this book. (Or that I'm an adult reading it.) If you look at other works being done in the same time period you will see that there were stories with less moralizing being done--including by Miss Alcott herself. I was just really disappointed
I can't even begin to go into all the reasons I dislike this novel. It's dull and preachy through out most of it--aside from Jo who is a truly inspired character. But everyone else seems one note, most of the chapters come off as morality plays than solid scenes or plots. And just when Miss Alcott has something seemingly interesting she breaks it for no other reason than to do something.
Whether its the pairing of Amy and Laurie (huh?), the point made CONSTANTLY that Beth's life isn't useless because she is an angel and showed them that angels do exist and is a total Mary Sue(Really? Cause I'm glad she died before I died of boredom), the forced pairing of Jo and the Professor (Why? I mean--really... Just keep her single) there is also the message that pursing art is selfish. (Jo giving up her writing, Laurie gives up his music, Amy gives up her sketching...)
It's not a message I expected--this book is always lauded as one that has inspired countless girls... To do what? Because outside of Jo's sipirt I dont really see much to aspire to in this tsory? The overall message seems to be that as a good Christian one should sacrifice being an artist, being in love with who you want and any hope of independence...
It's not because I'm from the modern era that I dislike this book. (Or that I'm an adult reading it.) If you look at other works being done in the same time period you will see that there were stories with less moralizing being done--including by Miss Alcott herself. I was just really disappointed
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 18, 2017
there are no actual little women in this book. all regular sized women. title is misleading. 0/10. would not read again
August 12, 2024
The two books that I have read the most in my life: Little Women and Walden.
Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women in 1868. It centers on the 4 young March sisters: Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth. Each of the sisters has a distinct personality. Meg is the oldest, Jo is the writer and tomboy, Amy is the vain one, and Beth is a saint. The sisters are guided by their mother, Marmee, and they strike up a friendship with the next-door-neighbor boy, Laurie.
Little Women follows the March sisters as they grow up. Each chapter is relatively short and usually features a moral lesson without being preachy (much like parables in the Bible).
Transcendentalism
Now, I mentioned Walden. What in the world does that have to do with Little Women? Why I am so glad you asked (or if you didn鈥檛 I will tell you anyways).
Walden is authored by a man named Henry David Thoreau. He also lived in Concord, Massachusetts, the same as Louisa May Alcott. Additionally, Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott were friends. They were both transcendentalists. Transcendentalism is centered around the philosophy of simple, plain living with high thinking.
When was the last time you received an advertisement that said, 鈥淏uy less!鈥� or 鈥淪top buying things. You are enough!鈥�? If you are like me, that has never happened. Yet every day, we are inundated to buy more concealer, a new pair of skinny jeans, a lavish vacation, or a gigantic mansion that will surely make us happy. Transcendentalism is anti-consumerism. It is a reminder that there is another way to live.
Little Women is the more digestible version of Walden, but if you loved Little Women and enjoyed the morals therein, I highly, highly, highly suggest Walden (alright I suggest Walden to practically anybody).
Jane Austen
The last time I read Little Women was before the internet existed. When I picked this book up again for this reread, I am a completely different reader, and I have even more respect for Louisa May Alcott than before. One of the things that I simply hate about Jane Austen is that her characters just seem to sit around and do nothing but complain about men and their highest desire is to be married (the female characters also do a bunch of silly things).
Louisa May Alcott is the opposite of Jane Austen, and I like her more for it. Her female characters are strong. At the beginning of the novel, both Meg and Jo are working jobs to support their family. Jo dreams more of being a writer than getting married. Marmee is more focused on raising wonderful people versus marrying off her daughters.
One of the characters in Little Women refuses a marriage proposal. When she says no, she says that she really means no. In Jane Austen鈥檚 novels, her heroine receives multiple marriage proposals, and she says no and then yes. This is very confusing to young readers. Are you supposed to say no when you really mean yes? I think Louisa May Alcott has the better idea of just saying no when you mean no. As an introvert if I get even an inkling that the other person isn鈥檛 interested, I will never try again so if you mean yes, you should probably say yes and leave mind games to Jane Austen novels.
Overall, Little Women is a timeless classic, one that should be read over and over again.
2025 Reading Schedule
Jan A Town Like Alice
Feb Birdsong
Mar Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Berniere
Apr War and Peace
May The Woman in White
Jun Atonement
Jul The Shadow of the Wind
Aug Jude the Obscure
Sep Ulysses
Oct Vanity Fair
Nov A Fine Balance
Dec Germinal
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Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women in 1868. It centers on the 4 young March sisters: Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth. Each of the sisters has a distinct personality. Meg is the oldest, Jo is the writer and tomboy, Amy is the vain one, and Beth is a saint. The sisters are guided by their mother, Marmee, and they strike up a friendship with the next-door-neighbor boy, Laurie.
Little Women follows the March sisters as they grow up. Each chapter is relatively short and usually features a moral lesson without being preachy (much like parables in the Bible).
Transcendentalism
Now, I mentioned Walden. What in the world does that have to do with Little Women? Why I am so glad you asked (or if you didn鈥檛 I will tell you anyways).
Walden is authored by a man named Henry David Thoreau. He also lived in Concord, Massachusetts, the same as Louisa May Alcott. Additionally, Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott were friends. They were both transcendentalists. Transcendentalism is centered around the philosophy of simple, plain living with high thinking.
When was the last time you received an advertisement that said, 鈥淏uy less!鈥� or 鈥淪top buying things. You are enough!鈥�? If you are like me, that has never happened. Yet every day, we are inundated to buy more concealer, a new pair of skinny jeans, a lavish vacation, or a gigantic mansion that will surely make us happy. Transcendentalism is anti-consumerism. It is a reminder that there is another way to live.
Little Women is the more digestible version of Walden, but if you loved Little Women and enjoyed the morals therein, I highly, highly, highly suggest Walden (alright I suggest Walden to practically anybody).
Jane Austen
The last time I read Little Women was before the internet existed. When I picked this book up again for this reread, I am a completely different reader, and I have even more respect for Louisa May Alcott than before. One of the things that I simply hate about Jane Austen is that her characters just seem to sit around and do nothing but complain about men and their highest desire is to be married (the female characters also do a bunch of silly things).
Louisa May Alcott is the opposite of Jane Austen, and I like her more for it. Her female characters are strong. At the beginning of the novel, both Meg and Jo are working jobs to support their family. Jo dreams more of being a writer than getting married. Marmee is more focused on raising wonderful people versus marrying off her daughters.
One of the characters in Little Women refuses a marriage proposal. When she says no, she says that she really means no. In Jane Austen鈥檚 novels, her heroine receives multiple marriage proposals, and she says no and then yes. This is very confusing to young readers. Are you supposed to say no when you really mean yes? I think Louisa May Alcott has the better idea of just saying no when you mean no. As an introvert if I get even an inkling that the other person isn鈥檛 interested, I will never try again so if you mean yes, you should probably say yes and leave mind games to Jane Austen novels.
Overall, Little Women is a timeless classic, one that should be read over and over again.
2025 Reading Schedule
Jan A Town Like Alice
Feb Birdsong
Mar Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Berniere
Apr War and Peace
May The Woman in White
Jun Atonement
Jul The Shadow of the Wind
Aug Jude the Obscure
Sep Ulysses
Oct Vanity Fair
Nov A Fine Balance
Dec Germinal
Connect With Me!
Want to read
November 26, 2019A new movie is coming out December 25th...
I've never read it so I might have to do a readalong for it that month!
I've never read it so I might have to do a readalong for it that month!
January 17, 2021
Alexa, play 鈥淐hampagne Problems鈥� by Taylor Swift.
August 17, 2019
that feeling when you spend the majority of the book desperately longing to be a jo, but then end up realising youre actually just a beth鈥� :/
also, the fact that i still like laurie, even after he messes around in france trying to 鈥渇ind himself,鈥� says a lot more about me than it does about him, to be fair.
and dont even get me started on the new film coming out. the casting definitely has me feeling some kind of way. im still not over the precision of timoth茅e chalamet as laurie, the literary character who embodies so many young peoples first experience with f-boi heartbreak. i mean, will you just at my son!?
鈫� 3.5 stars
also, the fact that i still like laurie, even after he messes around in france trying to 鈥渇ind himself,鈥� says a lot more about me than it does about him, to be fair.
and dont even get me started on the new film coming out. the casting definitely has me feeling some kind of way. im still not over the precision of timoth茅e chalamet as laurie, the literary character who embodies so many young peoples first experience with f-boi heartbreak. i mean, will you just at my son!?
jo + laurie 4 ever, amirite ladies?!
鈫� 3.5 stars
May 14, 2019
Never liked this one. I read Alcott back around the time I was first reading the Brontes and Dickens, and her books always struck me as incredibly dull in comparison. I was probably about 12, though, so I suppose I should try it again someday.
March 31, 2024
pre-read.
3/31/2024: forever going to love and adore little women like no other!
rtc (if i can finish my 10 other reviews first)
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3/31/2024: forever going to love and adore little women like no other!
rtc (if i can finish my 10 other reviews first)
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October 15, 2024
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I love this novel so much. I mean, really love it lol. I can remember getting a new edition copy for several Christmases in my childhood and it will always be a story near and dear to my heart.
藲鈧娐� 蜔蜔蜑蜑鉃斥潵 I really am, at my core a classics lover- although I lean more toward the gothic and macabre stories; This one is really just a fond and unforgettable memory from childhood.
Four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March, are part of a poor but loving family. With their father off to war they have only their mother left to encourage them to be the best version of themselves at all times. As they go through love and loss they truly do learn to become 'little women'.
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Though still young, and having a great deal in common, the sisters鈥� individual personalities are already very evident. Meg, the eldest at sixteen years old, dreams of a future of wealth and luxury and occupies herself as a nursery governess. Jo, a bookworm and aspiring writer is something of a tomboy and, much to her displeasure, spends her time as a companion to an elderly aunt.
Beth, at thirteen years old is somewhat quiet and timid. A peacemaker in the family with a love of music, her shyness means she is home-schooled. While Amy, the youngest, is very ladylike, a 鈥榮now maiden鈥� with careful manners and an interest in drawing and art.
It鈥檚 impossible not to love the March sisters and to identify with at least one of them. I loved how different each of the sisters were from one another, how they complimented on another and how despite their differences and disagreements they loved one another and would do anything to make the other happy.
While this book is universal and can be enjoyed by readers of any gender, I think it holds a special place in the hearts of sisters and those who have sisters. I don't lol. I actually have two brothers but I have two female cousins that I was very close with growing up. And we loved reading this story together.
Everything felt so real in the way the sisters interacted with one another, I feel that I haven鈥檛 read a realistic relationship of sisters in a long time and Little Women did it.
藲鈧娐� 蜔蜔蜑蜑鉃斥潵 But the heart of this book is really Jo, as she grows up and finds herself with her writing and finds love. Without spoilers, I must say that absolutely Jo made the right romantic decisions here! I can see why she鈥檚 such a popular character and role model, but I did enjoy all of the sisters very much.
There鈥檚 so much to this book, and it shouldn鈥檛 be dismissed as an old, unrelatable classic. There鈥檚 war and death, love and sadness, humor and escapades, romance and friendship, and on and on.
藲鈧娐� 蜔蜔蜑蜑鉃斥潵 Little Women is as enjoyable as ever still and I definitely highly recommend it.
鈰� 藲锝♀媶喹ㄠ藲 鈥滒潚燄潙滒潛�'饾搲 饾搧饾挾饾搳饾憯饾捊 饾挾饾搲 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾搱饾搮饾捑饾搩饾搱饾搲饾憭饾搰饾搱, 饾捁饾憭饾挾饾搰 饾憯饾捑饾搰饾搧饾搱, 饾捇饾憸饾搰 饾憸饾捇饾搲饾憭饾搩 饾搵饾憭饾搰饾搸 饾搲饾憭饾搩饾捁饾憭饾搰, 饾搲饾搰饾挾饾憯饾捑饾捀 饾搰饾憸饾搨饾挾饾搩饾捀饾憭饾搱 饾挾饾搰饾憭 饾捊饾捑饾捁饾捁饾憭饾搩 饾挾饾搶饾挾饾搸 饾捑饾搩 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾捊饾憭饾挾饾搰饾搲饾搱 饾搲饾捊饾挾饾搲 饾挿饾憭饾挾饾搲 饾搱饾憸 饾搯饾搳饾捑饾憭饾搲饾搧饾搸 饾搳饾搩饾捁饾憭饾搰 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾搱饾憸饾挿饾憭饾搰 饾憯饾憸饾搶饾搩饾搱, 饾挾饾搩饾捁 饾搨饾挾饾搩饾搸 饾搱饾捑饾搧饾憭饾搩饾搲 饾搱饾挾饾捀饾搰饾捑饾捇饾捑饾捀饾憭饾搱 饾憸饾捇 饾搸饾憸饾搳饾搲饾捊, 饾捊饾憭饾挾饾搧饾搲饾捊, 饾挾饾搨饾挿饾捑饾搲饾捑饾憸饾搩, 饾搧饾憸饾搵饾憭 饾捑饾搲饾搱饾憭饾搧饾捇, 饾搨饾挾饾搥饾憭 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾捇饾挾饾捁饾憭饾捁 饾捇饾挾饾捀饾憭饾搱 饾挿饾憭饾挾饾搳饾搲饾捑饾捇饾搳饾搧 饾捑饾搩 饾挗饾憸饾捁'饾搱 饾搱饾捑饾憯饾捊饾搲. 饾惛饾搵饾憭饾搩 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾搱饾挾饾捁, 饾搱饾憸饾搳饾搰 饾搱饾捑饾搱饾搲饾憭饾搰饾搱 饾搱饾捊饾憸饾搳饾搧饾捁 饾挿饾憭 饾搥饾捑饾搩饾捁饾搧饾搸 饾捁饾憭饾挾饾搧饾搲 饾搶饾捑饾搲饾捊, 饾挿饾憭饾捀饾挾饾搳饾搱饾憭 饾搲饾捊饾憭饾搸 饾捊饾挾饾搵饾憭 饾搨饾捑饾搱饾搱饾憭饾捁 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾搱饾搶饾憭饾憭饾搲饾憭饾搱饾搲 饾搮饾挾饾搰饾搲 饾憸饾捇 饾搧饾捑饾捇饾憭, 饾捑饾捇 饾捇饾憸饾搰 饾搩饾憸 饾憸饾搲饾捊饾憭饾搰 饾搰饾憭饾挾饾搱饾憸饾搩.鈥� 嗖�. 鈥р倞藲 鈽侊笍鈰呪櫋饟們 啵� 执侄指鈽�.
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I love this novel so much. I mean, really love it lol. I can remember getting a new edition copy for several Christmases in my childhood and it will always be a story near and dear to my heart.
藲鈧娐� 蜔蜔蜑蜑鉃斥潵 I really am, at my core a classics lover- although I lean more toward the gothic and macabre stories; This one is really just a fond and unforgettable memory from childhood.
Four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March, are part of a poor but loving family. With their father off to war they have only their mother left to encourage them to be the best version of themselves at all times. As they go through love and loss they truly do learn to become 'little women'.
喑冣亐鉃� 陼� Meg is the oldest, sixteen-year-old at the beginning of the story. She is pretty but swayed by material temptations. 喑€
喑冣亐鉃� 陼� Jo is a headstrong tomboy. She is fifteen years old when the story begins and she wants to be a writer. 喑€
喑冣亐鉃� 陼� Beth is shy, sweet, and a music lover. Her father calls her 鈥楲ittle Miss Tranquility鈥� for her sweet disposition. 喑€
喑冣亐鉃� 陼� Amy is the youngest, a little selfish but amiable, elegant, and an artist. 喑€
Though still young, and having a great deal in common, the sisters鈥� individual personalities are already very evident. Meg, the eldest at sixteen years old, dreams of a future of wealth and luxury and occupies herself as a nursery governess. Jo, a bookworm and aspiring writer is something of a tomboy and, much to her displeasure, spends her time as a companion to an elderly aunt.
Beth, at thirteen years old is somewhat quiet and timid. A peacemaker in the family with a love of music, her shyness means she is home-schooled. While Amy, the youngest, is very ladylike, a 鈥榮now maiden鈥� with careful manners and an interest in drawing and art.
It鈥檚 impossible not to love the March sisters and to identify with at least one of them. I loved how different each of the sisters were from one another, how they complimented on another and how despite their differences and disagreements they loved one another and would do anything to make the other happy.
While this book is universal and can be enjoyed by readers of any gender, I think it holds a special place in the hearts of sisters and those who have sisters. I don't lol. I actually have two brothers but I have two female cousins that I was very close with growing up. And we loved reading this story together.
Everything felt so real in the way the sisters interacted with one another, I feel that I haven鈥檛 read a realistic relationship of sisters in a long time and Little Women did it.
藲鈧娐� 蜔蜔蜑蜑鉃斥潵 But the heart of this book is really Jo, as she grows up and finds herself with her writing and finds love. Without spoilers, I must say that absolutely Jo made the right romantic decisions here! I can see why she鈥檚 such a popular character and role model, but I did enjoy all of the sisters very much.
There鈥檚 so much to this book, and it shouldn鈥檛 be dismissed as an old, unrelatable classic. There鈥檚 war and death, love and sadness, humor and escapades, romance and friendship, and on and on.
藲鈧娐� 蜔蜔蜑蜑鉃斥潵 Little Women is as enjoyable as ever still and I definitely highly recommend it.
鈰� 藲锝♀媶喹ㄠ藲 鈥滒潚燄潙滒潛�'饾搲 饾搧饾挾饾搳饾憯饾捊 饾挾饾搲 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾搱饾搮饾捑饾搩饾搱饾搲饾憭饾搰饾搱, 饾捁饾憭饾挾饾搰 饾憯饾捑饾搰饾搧饾搱, 饾捇饾憸饾搰 饾憸饾捇饾搲饾憭饾搩 饾搵饾憭饾搰饾搸 饾搲饾憭饾搩饾捁饾憭饾搰, 饾搲饾搰饾挾饾憯饾捑饾捀 饾搰饾憸饾搨饾挾饾搩饾捀饾憭饾搱 饾挾饾搰饾憭 饾捊饾捑饾捁饾捁饾憭饾搩 饾挾饾搶饾挾饾搸 饾捑饾搩 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾捊饾憭饾挾饾搰饾搲饾搱 饾搲饾捊饾挾饾搲 饾挿饾憭饾挾饾搲 饾搱饾憸 饾搯饾搳饾捑饾憭饾搲饾搧饾搸 饾搳饾搩饾捁饾憭饾搰 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾搱饾憸饾挿饾憭饾搰 饾憯饾憸饾搶饾搩饾搱, 饾挾饾搩饾捁 饾搨饾挾饾搩饾搸 饾搱饾捑饾搧饾憭饾搩饾搲 饾搱饾挾饾捀饾搰饾捑饾捇饾捑饾捀饾憭饾搱 饾憸饾捇 饾搸饾憸饾搳饾搲饾捊, 饾捊饾憭饾挾饾搧饾搲饾捊, 饾挾饾搨饾挿饾捑饾搲饾捑饾憸饾搩, 饾搧饾憸饾搵饾憭 饾捑饾搲饾搱饾憭饾搧饾捇, 饾搨饾挾饾搥饾憭 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾捇饾挾饾捁饾憭饾捁 饾捇饾挾饾捀饾憭饾搱 饾挿饾憭饾挾饾搳饾搲饾捑饾捇饾搳饾搧 饾捑饾搩 饾挗饾憸饾捁'饾搱 饾搱饾捑饾憯饾捊饾搲. 饾惛饾搵饾憭饾搩 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾搱饾挾饾捁, 饾搱饾憸饾搳饾搰 饾搱饾捑饾搱饾搲饾憭饾搰饾搱 饾搱饾捊饾憸饾搳饾搧饾捁 饾挿饾憭 饾搥饾捑饾搩饾捁饾搧饾搸 饾捁饾憭饾挾饾搧饾搲 饾搶饾捑饾搲饾捊, 饾挿饾憭饾捀饾挾饾搳饾搱饾憭 饾搲饾捊饾憭饾搸 饾捊饾挾饾搵饾憭 饾搨饾捑饾搱饾搱饾憭饾捁 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾搱饾搶饾憭饾憭饾搲饾憭饾搱饾搲 饾搮饾挾饾搰饾搲 饾憸饾捇 饾搧饾捑饾捇饾憭, 饾捑饾捇 饾捇饾憸饾搰 饾搩饾憸 饾憸饾搲饾捊饾憭饾搰 饾搰饾憭饾挾饾搱饾憸饾搩.鈥� 嗖�. 鈥р倞藲 鈽侊笍鈰呪櫋饟們 啵� 执侄指鈽�.
August 16, 2021
(Book 863 from 1001 books) - Little Women (Little Women #1), Louisa May Alcott
Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832鈥�1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869.
Alcott wrote the books over several months at the request of her publisher.
Following the lives of the four March sisters鈥擬eg, Jo, Beth and Amy鈥� the novel details their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters.
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 02/07/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 24/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832鈥�1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869.
Alcott wrote the books over several months at the request of her publisher.
Following the lives of the four March sisters鈥擬eg, Jo, Beth and Amy鈥� the novel details their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters.
夭賳丕賳 讴賵趩讴 - 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賱賵卅蹖蹖夭 賲蹖 丌賱讴賵鬲貙 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲蹖賴丕 (毓賱賲蹖 賮乇賴賳诏蹖貙 丿乇賳丕貙 噩丕賲蹖貙 氐賮蹖毓賱蹖卮丕賴貙 賳賴丕賱 賳賵蹖丿丕賳貙 噩丕賳夭丕丿賴貙 賯丿蹖丕賳蹖 亘賳賮卮賴貙 禺乇丿丕丿貙 丿亘蹖乇 丕讴亘丕鬲丕賳貙 丕賲蹖乇讴亘蹖乇 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 噩蹖亘蹖貙 丕賮賯貙 夭亘丕賳 賲賴乇貙 倬蹖丕賲 爻丨乇貙 倬賳噩乇賴)貙 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 爻丿賴 賳賵夭丿賴賲 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 賳賴賲 賲丕賴 爻倬鬲丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱 1998賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
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January 5, 2020
I decided to re-read Little Women after watching the new film and am so glad that I did! I enjoyed this book when I first read it at 12, but truly LOVED it this time. The growth and progression of the sisters is wonderful, and the moral lessons infused in Alcott's writing make it a must-read children's classic.
December 4, 2013
The book begins:
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
It's so dreadful to be poor! sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all, added little Amy, with an injured sniff.
We've got Father and Mother, and each other, said Beth contentedly from her corner."
There's an undercurrent of anger in this book and I think Louisa May Alcott would have gone much further with it if her publisher had allowed it and if it weren't a children's book.
Louisa herself was fiercely independent and didn't marry. Of course, Jo, her doppelganger and the heroine of the book, did marry. I think the struggle for girls and women to be themselves while following convention is an experience that resonates today. I also think that, ironically, when people today want to return to the simple life, they all forget that there was no simple life. Although youngest sister Amy carries her books to school, writes with an inkwell and fights over pickled limes, her father is fighting a real war fought for ideology and national unity. Martha Stewart has us searching for the "good things" and harkening back to garden bounties but nineteenth century girls and women were nearly bound to the home.
Young boys and girls might find the domesticity in the book offputting but it was necessary for people to have domestic skills or they could not survive. The working poor in the 1860s, like the working poor today, could not afford maids. Louisa May Alcott's family occasionally made money from making and mending clothing just to get by. I think there was just as much screaming as crying going on in the Alcott household, but Louisa tones things down for the March family.
The March family and the sisters made me yearn for my own sisters which never materialized. I also realized that wanting to draw, paint, play music, perform plays and write were interests that I shared with people of another time period. The book itself was written after the Civil War and has a purposeful nostalgic tone.
Jo scribbles in the attic and relishes the time she has to write but she is expected to work as a caretaker for her elderly aunt. None of these girls are independently wealthy and the poverty that Alcott writes about in the book mirrors the poverty of her own life but she softens the reality for her fiction. Alcott's father Amos Bronson Alcott was not a soldier, yet he was often away from home. He was a dynamic lecturer and a revolutionary educator who was disillusioned by public reaction to some of his innovations and was often jobless.
While a good portion of white northerners were against slavery and wanted more rights for black Americans, they did not go as far as the Alcotts did in their support. I wish that she had written more about their anti-slavery positions.
It's also not widely known that Bronson Alcott was shunned for educating black students.
Reading Little Women in fourth grade caused me to work as a historical interpreter at the Orchard House for six years many years later. I visited Fruitlands, the Old Manse, the Wayside and the House of the Seven Gables. I studied transcendentalism and learned about the contributions of Elizabeth Peabody and other great female intellectuals of the nineteenth century. I was forever changed after reading the book and I've reread it too many times to count.
Louisa was a master marketer akin to J.K. Rowling. She also had a strong survival instinct like Rowling. She desperately needed to make money and writing was her one marketable skill. Notably, she was able to write the book under her own name and not use a gender neutral pseudonym.
The book is written for a younger audience and older readers reading it for the first time might not feel a connection with the book because all Victorian children's books were infused with a heavy dose of morality. Girls especially have always been told to endure hardships while remaining happy. My grandmother Ethel, who grew up in the 1930s, told me her mother said to her: "It's easy to be happy when life rolls along like a song. But it's the girl who's worthwhile who will smile when everything goes wrong."
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
It's so dreadful to be poor! sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all, added little Amy, with an injured sniff.
We've got Father and Mother, and each other, said Beth contentedly from her corner."
There's an undercurrent of anger in this book and I think Louisa May Alcott would have gone much further with it if her publisher had allowed it and if it weren't a children's book.
Louisa herself was fiercely independent and didn't marry. Of course, Jo, her doppelganger and the heroine of the book, did marry. I think the struggle for girls and women to be themselves while following convention is an experience that resonates today. I also think that, ironically, when people today want to return to the simple life, they all forget that there was no simple life. Although youngest sister Amy carries her books to school, writes with an inkwell and fights over pickled limes, her father is fighting a real war fought for ideology and national unity. Martha Stewart has us searching for the "good things" and harkening back to garden bounties but nineteenth century girls and women were nearly bound to the home.
Young boys and girls might find the domesticity in the book offputting but it was necessary for people to have domestic skills or they could not survive. The working poor in the 1860s, like the working poor today, could not afford maids. Louisa May Alcott's family occasionally made money from making and mending clothing just to get by. I think there was just as much screaming as crying going on in the Alcott household, but Louisa tones things down for the March family.
The March family and the sisters made me yearn for my own sisters which never materialized. I also realized that wanting to draw, paint, play music, perform plays and write were interests that I shared with people of another time period. The book itself was written after the Civil War and has a purposeful nostalgic tone.
Jo scribbles in the attic and relishes the time she has to write but she is expected to work as a caretaker for her elderly aunt. None of these girls are independently wealthy and the poverty that Alcott writes about in the book mirrors the poverty of her own life but she softens the reality for her fiction. Alcott's father Amos Bronson Alcott was not a soldier, yet he was often away from home. He was a dynamic lecturer and a revolutionary educator who was disillusioned by public reaction to some of his innovations and was often jobless.
While a good portion of white northerners were against slavery and wanted more rights for black Americans, they did not go as far as the Alcotts did in their support. I wish that she had written more about their anti-slavery positions.
It's also not widely known that Bronson Alcott was shunned for educating black students.
Reading Little Women in fourth grade caused me to work as a historical interpreter at the Orchard House for six years many years later. I visited Fruitlands, the Old Manse, the Wayside and the House of the Seven Gables. I studied transcendentalism and learned about the contributions of Elizabeth Peabody and other great female intellectuals of the nineteenth century. I was forever changed after reading the book and I've reread it too many times to count.
Louisa was a master marketer akin to J.K. Rowling. She also had a strong survival instinct like Rowling. She desperately needed to make money and writing was her one marketable skill. Notably, she was able to write the book under her own name and not use a gender neutral pseudonym.
The book is written for a younger audience and older readers reading it for the first time might not feel a connection with the book because all Victorian children's books were infused with a heavy dose of morality. Girls especially have always been told to endure hardships while remaining happy. My grandmother Ethel, who grew up in the 1930s, told me her mother said to her: "It's easy to be happy when life rolls along like a song. But it's the girl who's worthwhile who will smile when everything goes wrong."
December 8, 2024
My first re-read of one of my very favorite classics!
This story will always make me feel nostalgic, cozy, and full of joy!
Although this story is quite 鈥渢raditional鈥� in some ways, I love how it was also very much ahead of its time.
Even though this book was written about the lives of four girls living in the early 1800s, I relate to, and see myself in, each one of the March sisters. I resonate with Jo鈥檚 desire to do more with her life than what is expected, with Amy鈥檚 passion for art, with Beth鈥檚 love for her family, and with Meg鈥檚 happiness in being a mother and wife. That is why this book has stood the test of time and why so many readers, including myself, love it so much.
This story will always make me feel nostalgic, cozy, and full of joy!
Although this story is quite 鈥渢raditional鈥� in some ways, I love how it was also very much ahead of its time.
Even though this book was written about the lives of four girls living in the early 1800s, I relate to, and see myself in, each one of the March sisters. I resonate with Jo鈥檚 desire to do more with her life than what is expected, with Amy鈥檚 passion for art, with Beth鈥檚 love for her family, and with Meg鈥檚 happiness in being a mother and wife. That is why this book has stood the test of time and why so many readers, including myself, love it so much.
September 15, 2020
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賵鬲賵賮乇 丕賱丨賲丕賷丞 賵丕賱丿賮亍 賱賱噩賲賷毓
賵賴賷 鬲鬲賲鬲毓 賰賲丕 賵氐賮鬲賴丕 賱賵賷夭丕 亘噩賲丕賱 兀禺丕匕鈥�
賵賱賰賳賴丕 鬲丨賲賱 兀賮賰丕乇丕 賲賳 丕賱胤乇丕夭 丕賱賯丿賷賲
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丕賱賷夭丕亘賷孬 兀賵 亘賷孬
賮鬲丕丞 鬲亘丿賵 賲賳 賵氐賮賴丕 賴丕丿卅丞 賵亘賷鬲賵鬲賷丞 鈥�
賲胤賷毓丞 賵禺噩賵賱丞
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賵鬲毓夭賮 鈥徹官勝� 丕賱亘賷丕賳賵
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賰賲丕 兀賳賴丕 鬲賴賵賶 丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱禺賷乇賷丞 鈥�
賵鬲爻丕毓丿 兀賲賴丕 鈥徺佡� 乇毓丕賷丞 丕賱兀爻乇 丕賱賮賯賷乇丞
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鬲賱鬲賯胤 毓丿賵賶 丕賱丨賲賶 丕賱賯乇賲夭賷丞 賲賳 兀丨丿 兀鈥徹焚佖з勝囏� 鈥�
賵氐丨賷丨 兀賳賴丕 鬲卮賮賶 賲毓 丕賱賵賯鬲
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賵鬲賲賵鬲 亘毓丿賴丕 亘賮鬲乇丞 亘賲乇囟 丌禺乇
賮丕賱毓丕賱賲 賱丕 賷丨鬲賲賱 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘乇賯丞 亘賷孬
賵賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴 丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳賴丕 毓丕噩賱丕 兀賲 丌噩賱丕
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賴賷 兀氐睾乇賴賳 鈥�
賵賴賷 賮鬲丕丞 賲丿賱賱丞
鬲亘丿賵 亘丕乇丿丞 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵賲賱賴賵賮丞 毓賱賶 賲氐賱丨鬲賴丕 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞鈥�
毓丕賳鬲 廿賷賲賷 賲賳 兀賳賮賴丕 丕賱賲爻胤丨
賵賰丕賳鬲 鈥徹簇ㄙ� 賲卮丕亘賰 丕賱睾爻賷賱 毓賱賶 兀賳賮賴丕 毓賳丿 丕賱賳賵賲
丌賲賱丞 丨賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱毓賵賷氐丞 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賴丕
:D
毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 丿賵賲丕 賲鬲賵鬲乇丞 賲毓 噩賵夭賮賷賳
賵匕丕鬲 賷賵賲 亘毓丿 賲賵賯賮 賲丨鬲丿賲 亘賷賳賴賲丕
鬲賯賵賲 廿賷賲賷 亘廿丨乇丕賯 鈥� 乇賵丕賷丞 噩賵 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賳賴賷賴丕 亘毓丿
賰丕賳鬲 廿賷賲賷 丿賵賲丕 賯乇賷亘丞 賲賳 毓賲鬲賴丕
丕賱鬲賷 兀鬲丕丨鬲 賱賴丕 丕賱賮乇氐丞 賱賱爻賮乇 廿賱賶 兀賵乇賵亘丕
賰賷 賷鬲爻賳賶 賱賴丕 賮乇氐丞 丕賱丕胤賱丕毓 毓賱賶 兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱賮賳丕賳賷賳 丕賱毓馗丕賲鈥�
賱賵賱毓賴丕 亘丕賱賮賳 賵賱賲賵賴亘鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱乇爻賲
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丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱胤賷賮丞 賵禺賮賷賮丞 丕賱乇賵丨
賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丞 亘丕賲鬲賷丕夭
賵賴賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賱胤賷賮丞 丕賰鬲爻亘鬲 卮賴乇鬲賴丕 毓亘乇 丕賱爻賳賵丕鬲
賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賯鬲亘丕爻賴丕 賮賷 兀毓賲丕賱 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丞
賵賮賷 丕亘鬲丿丕毓丕鬲 丕賱乇爻賵賲 丕賱賲鬲丨乇賰丞 鈥�
亘賱 丨鬲賶 丕賱兀賵亘乇丕 賰丕賳 賱賴丕 賳氐賷亘 賲賳 匕賱賰
丨賷孬 兀賱賮 丕賱賲賵爻賷賯丕乇 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷 賲丕乇賰 丌丿丕賲賵 兀賵亘乇丕 賳爻丕亍 氐睾賷乇丕鬲 鈥徺佡� 毓丕賲鈥�
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賵鬲賯丿賲 賱賳丕 丨賷丕丞 兀乇亘毓 卮賯賷賯丕鬲 賴賳
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鈥�.鈥徺佡� 噩賵 賲賱賷亍 亘丕賱丿賮亍 丕賱毓丕卅賱賷
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丕賱胤乇賷賮 兀賳賴 亘賷賳賲丕 賰鬲亘鬲 賱賵賷夭丕 鬲賯賵賱 兀賳 噩賵
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賵賱賰賳 亘賳丕亍 毓賱賶 乇爻丕卅賱 丕賱賲毓噩亘丕鬲 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞鈥�
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賮廿賳 賱賵賷夭丕 馗賱鬲 亘賱丕 夭賵丕噩 賱丌禺乇 兀賷丕賲 丨賷丕鬲賴丕鈥�
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賱卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賯賵賷丞 賵賱噩乇兀鬲賴丕
賵賴賷 丕賱兀禺鬲 丕賱氐乇賷丨丞 鈥�
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賮乇賷丿乇賷賰 亘賷乇鈥�
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賲丕乇睾乇賷鬲 兀賵 賲賷睾
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賵鬲賵賮乇 丕賱丨賲丕賷丞 賵丕賱丿賮亍 賱賱噩賲賷毓
賵賴賷 鬲鬲賲鬲毓 賰賲丕 賵氐賮鬲賴丕 賱賵賷夭丕 亘噩賲丕賱 兀禺丕匕鈥�
賵賱賰賳賴丕 鬲丨賲賱 兀賮賰丕乇丕 賲賳 丕賱胤乇丕夭 丕賱賯丿賷賲
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丕賱賷夭丕亘賷孬 兀賵 亘賷孬
賮鬲丕丞 鬲亘丿賵 賲賳 賵氐賮賴丕 賴丕丿卅丞 賵亘賷鬲賵鬲賷丞 鈥�
賲胤賷毓丞 賵禺噩賵賱丞
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賵鬲毓夭賮 鈥徹官勝� 丕賱亘賷丕賳賵
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賰賲丕 兀賳賴丕 鬲賴賵賶 丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱禺賷乇賷丞 鈥�
賵鬲爻丕毓丿 兀賲賴丕 鈥徺佡� 乇毓丕賷丞 丕賱兀爻乇 丕賱賮賯賷乇丞
賵兀孬賳丕亍 夭賷丕乇鬲賴丕 賱兀丨丿 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀爻乇 鈥�
鬲賱鬲賯胤 毓丿賵賶 丕賱丨賲賶 丕賱賯乇賲夭賷丞 賲賳 兀丨丿 兀鈥徹焚佖з勝囏� 鈥�
賵氐丨賷丨 兀賳賴丕 鬲卮賮賶 賲毓 丕賱賵賯鬲
賵賱賰賳 丕賱賲乇囟 噩毓賱賴丕 丿賵賲丕 囟毓賷賮丞 鈥�
賵鬲賲賵鬲 亘毓丿賴丕 亘賮鬲乇丞 亘賲乇囟 丌禺乇
賮丕賱毓丕賱賲 賱丕 賷丨鬲賲賱 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘乇賯丞 亘賷孬
賵賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴 丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳賴丕 毓丕噩賱丕 兀賲 丌噩賱丕
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賴賷 兀氐睾乇賴賳 鈥�
賵賴賷 賮鬲丕丞 賲丿賱賱丞
鬲亘丿賵 亘丕乇丿丞 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵賲賱賴賵賮丞 毓賱賶 賲氐賱丨鬲賴丕 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞鈥�
毓丕賳鬲 廿賷賲賷 賲賳 兀賳賮賴丕 丕賱賲爻胤丨
賵賰丕賳鬲 鈥徹簇ㄙ� 賲卮丕亘賰 丕賱睾爻賷賱 毓賱賶 兀賳賮賴丕 毓賳丿 丕賱賳賵賲
丌賲賱丞 丨賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱毓賵賷氐丞 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賴丕
:D
毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 丿賵賲丕 賲鬲賵鬲乇丞 賲毓 噩賵夭賮賷賳
賵匕丕鬲 賷賵賲 亘毓丿 賲賵賯賮 賲丨鬲丿賲 亘賷賳賴賲丕
鬲賯賵賲 廿賷賲賷 亘廿丨乇丕賯 鈥� 乇賵丕賷丞 噩賵 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賳賴賷賴丕 亘毓丿
賰丕賳鬲 廿賷賲賷 丿賵賲丕 賯乇賷亘丞 賲賳 毓賲鬲賴丕
丕賱鬲賷 兀鬲丕丨鬲 賱賴丕 丕賱賮乇氐丞 賱賱爻賮乇 廿賱賶 兀賵乇賵亘丕
賰賷 賷鬲爻賳賶 賱賴丕 賮乇氐丞 丕賱丕胤賱丕毓 毓賱賶 兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱賮賳丕賳賷賳 丕賱毓馗丕賲鈥�
賱賵賱毓賴丕 亘丕賱賮賳 賵賱賲賵賴亘鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱乇爻賲
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丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱胤賷賮丞 賵禺賮賷賮丞 丕賱乇賵丨
賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丞 亘丕賲鬲賷丕夭
January 3, 2024
3.5猸愶笍
I read this with feelings of warmth and love for the first 60% of the book and the writing was nothing short of gorgeous and riveting. I thought it was going to be a solid 5 star for me but I fear the characters just started to make life difficult for themselves for no goddamn reason imo.
I understand that there were a lot of questions with regards to whether or not Laurie and Jo were compatible romantically, Beth's health, Jo's writing, ... but emotions, decisions and actions started to run rampant and characters felt feeble and made the story fell all over the place for me.
I'm trying to also be understanding about how the 60% mark felt like a third act breakupfor no reason
between the story and its readers, because life especially for women in families, friendships and love was so much different in 1860s. Coming from reading too many modern reads, my brain may unconsciously be struggling to reconcile that.
It's still a strong read and enjoyable experience. I would recommend, reads like a true classic. I kmow if I read it in the year it published, I would be completely blown away. 鉂わ笍
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ready for my first read of the year馃馃徑鈥嶁檧锔弔hanks everyone for helping me pick this one 馃ズ馃
edit: I sneaked this into a new year party before realizing that Pride and Prejudice is now winning my poll 馃槶 oh, it's just as well
I read this with feelings of warmth and love for the first 60% of the book and the writing was nothing short of gorgeous and riveting. I thought it was going to be a solid 5 star for me but I fear the characters just started to make life difficult for themselves for no goddamn reason imo.
I understand that there were a lot of questions with regards to whether or not Laurie and Jo were compatible romantically, Beth's health, Jo's writing, ... but emotions, decisions and actions started to run rampant and characters felt feeble and made the story fell all over the place for me.
I'm trying to also be understanding about how the 60% mark felt like a third act breakup
It's still a strong read and enjoyable experience. I would recommend, reads like a true classic. I kmow if I read it in the year it published, I would be completely blown away. 鉂わ笍
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ready for my first read of the year馃馃徑鈥嶁檧锔弔hanks everyone for helping me pick this one 馃ズ馃
edit: I sneaked this into a new year party before realizing that Pride and Prejudice is now winning my poll 馃槶 oh, it's just as well
February 27, 2020
Un cl谩sico de cl谩sicos, un manual de buenas costumbres y educaci贸n, reflexivo, nost谩lgico y repleto de frases maravillosas.
Las protagonistas son personajes entra帽ables que por algo, despu茅s de tantos a帽os, permanecen en la mente de los lectores, muchas cosas que aprender de la familia March.
Las protagonistas son personajes entra帽ables que por algo, despu茅s de tantos a帽os, permanecen en la mente de los lectores, muchas cosas que aprender de la familia March.
November 17, 2016
Look, I'm going to be brutally honest here: I read this when I was about 10 and I quite enjoyed it. But reading it at the age of 33? OH MY GOD, THIS WAS THE MOST SACCHARINE SWEET, INTOLERABLE TWADDLE I'VE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF READING.
All four of the girls are so ridiculously perfect that even when they make the tiny little mistakes that are painted as monumental fuck ups in the book, they're instantly fixed with a sweet smile or a sermon from their mother about women needing to control their anger, or remembering how NICE it is to be poor.
As the girls get older, they become slightly less insufferable but I gave zero fucks about any of their romantic relationships and I just wanted .
So. This is really a one star book that gets an extra star because Jo was actually a half way decent character most of the time and up until a certain point in the story, I had a very nice asexual Jo March headcanon going on.
All four of the girls are so ridiculously perfect that even when they make the tiny little mistakes that are painted as monumental fuck ups in the book, they're instantly fixed with a sweet smile or a sermon from their mother about women needing to control their anger, or remembering how NICE it is to be poor.
As the girls get older, they become slightly less insufferable but I gave zero fucks about any of their romantic relationships and I just wanted .
So. This is really a one star book that gets an extra star because Jo was actually a half way decent character most of the time and up until a certain point in the story, I had a very nice asexual Jo March headcanon going on.
November 2, 2020
Read this many years ago, and it was delightful to reconnect with this wonderful classic once again.
February 3, 2012
To me this book is just a big neon highlighted literary exclamation mark defining how incredibly different I am from my mother. She loves this book. Really, really loves it....a lot. She always used to tell me how great she thought it was although, as a kid I somehow avoided reading it; mainly because at this point I was too busy dangling from a climbing frame by my ankles or stealing scrap wood from building sites in order to make dens and tree houses.
As it is prominently placed on the 1001 books list I thought, "What the hell I'll give it a go". Man oh man what an epic snooze fest. Less than twenty pages in I could feel my mind slowly shutting down. Was it through boredom? Or was I entering a diabetic coma because of the saccharine overload created by the sickly sweet world of Margaret, Jo, Beth and Amy? Anyway to avoid succumbing to said coma I threw the book as far away from me as I could and then chucked a blanket over it to ensure that I wouldn't be effected by the mind numbing dullness being exuded from between the covers.
I know that I risk howls of outrage at this lambasting of a much loved classic but this ticked no boxes for me. I am clearly dead inside.
As it is prominently placed on the 1001 books list I thought, "What the hell I'll give it a go". Man oh man what an epic snooze fest. Less than twenty pages in I could feel my mind slowly shutting down. Was it through boredom? Or was I entering a diabetic coma because of the saccharine overload created by the sickly sweet world of Margaret, Jo, Beth and Amy? Anyway to avoid succumbing to said coma I threw the book as far away from me as I could and then chucked a blanket over it to ensure that I wouldn't be effected by the mind numbing dullness being exuded from between the covers.
I know that I risk howls of outrage at this lambasting of a much loved classic but this ticked no boxes for me. I am clearly dead inside.
December 20, 2019
This classic that so many have loved over the years, many having read it as young girls, is somehow one that I never read until now. It鈥檚 a lovely story, and I wonder how I would have felt about it, had I read it when I was younger. Like so many readers, Jo, the lover of books, the writer, is my favorite, a woman before her time, exhibiting independence and a desire for more in her life. It鈥檚 a coming of age story in so many ways as we see Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy develop over the years, each realizing their flaws and wanting to be better as they become women. They are guided by their mother, Marmee, who raises them alone for a a while during hard times while her husband is off doing his part in the Civil War. Had I read this years ago, I鈥檓 not sure I would have been as perceptive to the other things this story depicts - the societal norms of the time and the time itself, during and after the Civil War. Overall, even though it felt a bit old fashioned given when it was written and the time frame it covers, there are universal and timeless messages about the bonds of family, morality and love. It was an uplifting story that I鈥檓 glad I finally got to. I鈥檓 looking forward to the upcoming movie. I just couldn鈥檛 see it without having read the book.
April 6, 2019
I have owned this book forever! I have the movie and have always loved it. Thanks to several group challenges on here, I have finally gotten to this little gem.
Happy Reading!
Mel 馃枻馃惗馃惡馃惥
Happy Reading!
Mel 馃枻馃惗馃惡馃惥
August 2, 2024
鈥淟ove is a great beautifier.鈥�
The March Sisters.
Marmee.
Laurie.
Hannah.
Mr. Laurence.
What a beautiful journey. What a beautiful family. What a beautiful story.
The book is so simple that every time after i complete it, i wonder whether i missed something. It leaves me wanting to know what led Alcott to write this simple masterpiece.
We have Jo ; a tomboy and an author who has a temper and a quick tongue, although she works hard to control both.
We have Meg ; responsible and kind, has a small weakness for luxury and leisure, but the greater part of her is gentle, loving, and morally vigorous.
We have Beth ; quiet and very virtuous, and she does nothing but try to please others.
We have Amy ; an artist who adores visual beauty and has a weakness for pretty possessions.
We have Laurie ; charming, clever, and has a good heart.
This book is absolutely stunning in its simplicity. Alcott's writing is simple yet beautiful.
鈥淚 want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish you all someday.鈥�
That being said i do have a *ahem* problem with this book. Yep. You guessed it. Actually, I have two problems with this book:
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I stan this. I love this book. I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH.
鈥淚 am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.鈥�
See? Even Lou Lou Alcott is telling to to sail your own ship.......
P.S: Random person who is reading this : Please watch the 2019 movie adaptation.
August 4, 2022
I wanted to reread this story since another movie has been recently released based on this book, and also because I forgot what it was about since I read it in 1972. I began rereading my old copy that I bought when I was in Grade 4, and after comparing it with the ebook version my daughter was reading, I realized that my modern abridged edition, published in 1955, was pretty much cut in half, with only 283 pages. Several phrases, sentences, paragraphs and even whole chapters were omitted! Therefore, I purchased the latest edition (published 2019 with a cover depicting the actresses from the latest movie). Needless to say, a lot of questions were now answered!
Overall, one has to be mindful that this story was first published in 1868 (over 150 years ago), so language, thoughts, mores and behaviors were quite different then than they are today. I suppose readers back then would have found this book to be quite forward-thinking. As for myself, I found this book to be, in a word, charming. Even the "sex scene" between Meg and John was alluded to with such delicacy that you could miss it if you weren't paying close attention. And even though I remembered that Beth dies, I still had tears in my eyes while reading the touching prose describing her death.
If you are interested in reading classic literature, put this book on your "To Read" list!
Overall, one has to be mindful that this story was first published in 1868 (over 150 years ago), so language, thoughts, mores and behaviors were quite different then than they are today. I suppose readers back then would have found this book to be quite forward-thinking. As for myself, I found this book to be, in a word, charming. Even the "sex scene" between Meg and John was alluded to with such delicacy that you could miss it if you weren't paying close attention. And even though I remembered that Beth dies, I still had tears in my eyes while reading the touching prose describing her death.
If you are interested in reading classic literature, put this book on your "To Read" list!
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