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    Little Women
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    Little Women

    By Louisa May Alcott

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    Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March — and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The first part of the book was an immediate commercial and critical success and prompted the composition of the book's second part, also a huge success. Both parts were first published as a single volume in 1880. The book is an unquestioned American classic.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooklassic
    Release dateJun 10, 2015
    ISBN9789635222698
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    Louisa May Alcott

    Louisa May Alcott was a 19th-century American novelist best known for her novel, Little Women, as well as its well-loved sequels, Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women is renowned as one of the very first classics of children’s literature, and remains a popular masterpiece today.

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    • 2/5
      A book so sweet it made my stomach churn. So few authors have made me respond physically (though never churning before) that I have given it an extra star. An interesting document of what people did before the invention of television (ie, not a lot) and I'm sure generations of students will be able to churn out papers on whether or not Jo is a lesbian. Unfortunately the narrative is so very boring that I am abandoning it a few chapters into part two.Alcott is determined to avoid any incident of interest. Take the episode where one of the characters puts on a fashionable dress. Anything could of happened, I don't know, she could have been showered in the spunk of her admirers, but no, she changes back into her normal clothes, and repenting, promises never to do it again.I thought at first that Alcott was being boring by mistake. Take Chapter 10, which consists of some documents produced by the girls during one of their games. The chapter is shorter than usual and I thought at first that Alcott had bored even herself, but she emits a similar performance in Chapter 16, a collection of letters none of which contain information of any interest or consequence.I would recommend this book to little girls who were rude to me.
    • 3/5
      This is not the first time I have read Little Women, in fact I tried many times in my teens to read the story, but I always so loathed it because I couldn't help thinking how backwards these women were. Joe was scandalous for not being a proper lady (and sadly she was the one I related to the most). Each time I was left feeling bleh about the thing and wondering what was wrong with me for not enjoying such a classic. At about sixteen I had decided that it wasn't me who had the problem, it was that I could not relate to the story because I was a modern woman and let it go at that, vowing never to read the stupid thing again.

      Then I got a Nook and found myself with very little money and a load of free books and went to town. Suddenly all I had left was Little Women. I figured what the heck, it was better than nothing, I was fairly sure. I was surprised how differently I felt about it this time. Now, having children, I can see the way I have tried to use some of Mrs. March's subtle techniques. Knowing other mothers, wanting a little girl, I found myself suddenly entrenched with their lives and wondering if I would have a Joe like me, or what would I do if I had an Amy! The things that seemed antiquated in my youth, now seemed nostalgic and charming. It is amazing how books change as we change! If you have read it before and weren't sure you cared for it, perhaps you should try it again!
    • 5/5
      Delightful
    • 5/5
      I love this book. I had three sisters so I really sympathized with the girls. While the book may seem old-fashioned and preachy to some I think you have to look at the era that Alcott was writing in while reading the book. Keeping that in mind I think you get a better understanding of the characters, especially Meg and Amy who, while they seem vain and driven by "womanly" pursuits actually had a better understanding of how women of the time could use the system to make changes in the lives of those around them - especially in the the second part. While, when I was younger I longed for Jo and Laurie to get together as an adult I know that Jo would have walked all over Laurie. I also wonder if Alcott knew that Jo couldn't have love and societal changes both - she had to choose.
    • 5/5
      This is the classic children's story, loosely based on Louisa May Alcott's childhood in Massachusetts, of a year in the lives of the four March sisters. Pretty Meg is the eldest at 16, but the heroine is tomboyish Jo. The two younger girls are quiet Beth and 12 year old Amy, who is still something of a child. Though of 'one of our first families', the Marches have fallen on hard times, and in addition, Mr March has joined the army and is away from home. In spite of longing for easier times, the girls and their mother help those less fortunate than themselves, both materially and emotionally. They make friends with Laurie and his grandfather, who are their neighbours, and include them in their adventures.The story of the sisters is enchanting in itself, and draws you in. The girls - Jo especially - get into and out of scrapes, from which their mother usually draws a lesson, to encourage them to be better people. I remember being outraged alongside Jo whenever she got into trouble, when I read this as a child myself. It also offers a glimpse of life in America in what was the Victorian era in Britain.I think this is a well written story for children; as a child, I was passionately involved in Jo's ups and downs in life, although I don't think I fully understood Meg's embarrassment when she didn't have as nice clothes as her friends to wear to a party. The hardships the family had to go through were part of the background to the story, but didn't oppress the atmosphere. Mrs March's lessons probably went straight over my head; re-reading the book as an adult, they seem slightly preachy, though they are incorporated fairly well into the fabric of the story.On the language front, it was amusing to note that a lot of linguistic quirks I normally associate with pre-war British literature made their appearance, such as "there's a good fellow".All in all, still a good 'un to read.
    • 2/5
      My mother used to read this to me when I was little until I told her to stop. There was a lot of sheet sewing and they always seemed on the verge of doing something interesting but never actually got around to it.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely loved it and can't believe I waited so many years to get around to reading it.
    • 5/5
      I guess I'm giving it 5 stars just on sheer number of rereads. I could practically recite this.
    • 5/5
      I first read Little Women when I was quite young and I fell in love with the March sisters, their friends and family. In this re-read, I could identify and recognize some flaws in the book, but my heart had already been given and I can’t bring myself to take back any of the five stars that I assigned to the book years ago.While my older self found the book slightly dated and could see that it was a little too sweet with more than a few religious overtones, there are still elements that I believe are relevant to today. While the book does seem to imply that most girls should grow up to become wives and homebodies, Jo struggles to be independent, wants to earn her own living by writing. Amy has a desire to paint and when she decides that she isn’t as talented as she hoped, she begins to make plans to give art lessons for a living. The closeness of the family, the quaintness of it’s themes, the life lessons that are gently delivered still resonated with me. I can see that this book is perhaps a difficult sell to today’s young girls, but as with books like Pride and Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables, there are rewards in the reading. Well-crafted characters, emotional story-lines that touch the heart, a beautiful background that illustrates middle class life in 1860’s America all combine to make Little Woman a classic that holds it’s place of honor on my shelves.
    • 3/5
      “I 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.”Can you believe it? The last person on Earth has finally read Little Women! Okay, I’m kidding, I’m sure I wasn’t the last one to read it but sure feels like it. But yes, this was my very first time reading it and I’m glad I did even though it was a bit of a struggle because 18th century works of fictions and I don’t often get along real well. But despite my apprehension View Spoiler » this one really won me over in the end. I learned to appreciate it for what it’s meant to be: an old-fashioned yet authentic tale of a close knit family, and in particular four very different young women, struggling to find their place in a difficult time in history. It’s not a glamorous tale of silk gowns and ball rooms, but rather an accurate interpretation of how life really was for Louisa May Alcott and her three sisters, as well as all the other women coming of age in the 1800s. It makes you appreciate family, life itself, and presents under the Christmas tree. And NOW, I can finally watch the movie.
    • 4/5
      This is a classic for a reason, even if it is at times overly sentimental and "lesson-of-the-week" in its delivery. The themes of love, respect, kindness, and duty to your family, even of they make you angry or you'd rather be doing something else, are admirable. As someone with 2 younger sisters, the March sisters and their relationship struck a chord with me. I was pleasantly surprised to note a good deal of humor, and even some progressive (for late 1800s) thoughts on women and marriage. I'm sure I would have loved this book even more had I first read it when I was younger.
    • 5/5
      A classic tale read so many times growing up I lost count. My favorite little woman? Jo, of course. These young women inspired me to be a better person.
    • 5/5
      Great book with wonderful storytelling. Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy are vibrant, believable characters that are hard to forget.
    • 5/5
      A book that both defines and transcends the sentimental literature of the nineteenth century, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is one of those lifelong companions that I have read and re-read, in whole and in part, too many times to count...The story of the four March sisters, their adventures and friends, their joys and sorrows as they come of age during the tumultuous period of the American Civil War, is as relevant today as when it was first written. Here we see both the warmth and strength of family love, and the bitter rivalries that can arise between siblings. As someone who grew up in a house with three girls, I could enter fully into many of the characters' feelings, whether it was Amy's pique at being left out, or Jo's righteous indignation at the burning of her precious papers, and subsequent ecstasy of repentance when her anger almost costs her something far more dear. Who hasn't longed, like Meg at Vanity Fair, to be popular? And who hasn't secretly wished that, like Beth, they had a kindly benefactor?Like the March girls, many children today must cope with the absence of a parent, whether through military service or other causes; and like the March girls, children have always been forced to confront difficult moral choices as they struggle to become adults. I have sometimes seen this book described as very "modern" in its appreciation of the many different kinds of friendship and love possible between men and women. Frankly, I tend to think that every generation overestimates its distinctness, and that what some read as "modern," are simply observations about the human animal that were as true in the 1860s as they are today...There are so many aspects of Alcott's masterpiece that I love, that it would be impossible to list them all. Suffice it to say that this is a beautiful book, both in its overarching themes and structure, and in its particular characters and narratives incidents. Finally, I should note that although this book has been published in a seemingly endless variety of editions, I myself grew up on the Illustrated Junior Library edition, with illustrations by Louis Jambor.
    • 3/5
      It took me three years to read this book, and I mostly only read it because it was a classic. Not my favorite, but well written and a nice illustration of the time.
    • 2/5
      I enjoyed this book up until a point where I knew what was happening. In many books, a similar situation will arise where you can start making guesses to what is going to occur. With this particular book, something else happened. It wasn't guesses, as I soon learned. It was the route of the book and I lost my desire to continue reading it. Even Jo's chapters, which I usually loved, couldn't keep me invovled. And thus, I admit, I skipped around two chapters. To honor that confession, I will also note that they were Amy's chapters.

      By the end of the book, I was waiting for find a secret chapter that ended similarly to the television show, Roseanne. I wanted to find out that this story wasn't the actual story and that the mother character changed things around because she felt that is how things worked. But, that wasn't to happen.

      So, I find it difficult to giving this book a rating. If this was before those chapters in Nice, I would surely give this an 5. Now, I sit debating a 3.

      To give a book whose chapters I have skipped a 5 makes little to no sense and a 4 seems pointless. A two, truthly, seems most exact but I cannot deny that there were things I loved before the last arc.
    • 5/5
      All "little women" should read Little Women. I know it's a time gone by, but there are timeless lessons and "sisterhood" traits here. 
    • 3/5
      I decided to reread this book. It was just as charming as I remembered it. The book introduces us to the Marches, a formerly prosperous family that has fallen on hard times and is now poor. The four girls are teenagers when the story begins and cover a little over a year if I remember correctly. Their father is away at war, the two oldest girls are working to help the family make ends meet. We learn their hopes, dreams, and personality. The book ends with Meg's engagement to John Brooke.Read first time: 1980
    • 5/5
      Having seen two of the three versions of the movie, it was definitely an experiment for me to read the book now. I try not to do that but in this case in worked and I put the movie characters out of my mind (I'll discuss how well the movie did in a minute). While long, this book is excellent and a must read, for at least every girl out there. Alcott makes each one of the girls relatable and each girl has one thing or another that I wouldn't mind having myself. Alcott also makes the men in this story easy to fall in love with and makes great cases for why each man is which each girl.

      My favorite version of the book is the 1994 version with Kirsten Dunst and Winona Ryder. Now, having read the book, I can see it is an excellent adaptation, which I rarely say about a movie based on a book. They always get something wrong. They did not in this movie, with the exception of changing the order of some of the events and the way that Beth dies.
    • 5/5
      I had an earlier version by far than the edition pictured, given to me by my great aunt when I was 10. It was the great book of my childhood, the book we acted out in the dusty streets of a suburban, tract home town all one long summer, fighting over which sister was the best. And of course everyone wanted to be bold Jo, but I always had a soft spot in my heart for vain, ambitious Amy. I could never get my daughter to read it; she balked at the cozy world, the homilies, the pious little girls giving away their Christmas breakfast, the silly...to her mind...love stories.

      But I love this book still. It seduced me to finding out more about the world of the Alcotts, and of New England in the Civil War period. And thus I found Thoreau (whom Louisa apparently was in love with) and Emerson, and a whole world of thought.

      Which was heady stuff for a 10 year old, let me tell you. I reread Little Women every few years. I've read everything else Alcott wrote as well, from the potboiler thrillers to all the tidy romances. Maybe a grandchild of mine will like her, someday.
    • 2/5
      Disclaimer: I have read this book exactly once before. And now for the very unpopular opinion…I didn’t really like it. The first half of the book just bored me to tears, and while Jo’s story definitely picked up in the second half, I still had a hard time getting through the chapters. Alcott puts a lot of emphasis on the morality exhibited by the girls, which by today’s standards seem also comical, and the some of the characters are only one-dimensional and their only purpose is to exhibit goodness. I am curious to pick up Alcott’s other work, though, after giving this a reread.
    • 2/5
      This was okay... but I didn't love it. It started off well enough and made me smile and laugh a few times which is good, however, I got tired of it after a while and it didn't really capture me. The writing was lovely though and I did enjoy the fact that all the girls are such different characters and that they all have their flaws and work on trying to be better people. I wish I had read it when I was younger just to know how I would have reacted to the story as a child; it's hard to tell whether I would have liked it or if I would have been just as apathetic towards it as I am now. Overall it's well written story with well developed characters; it just didn't wow me.
    • 5/5
      There's a reason this book is so beloved - the March's are that ideal family. Love is not perfect, but it endures. Each of the girls (and their parents, for that matter) have flaws and shortcomings, but there is a continual striving to be better and to look to the ideal. This is not a modern novel, however. There is plenty of philosophizing, particularly in the second part (my copy includes both "Little Women" and "Good Wives") and the Christian faith of the family is very apparent. I loved many of the scenes from the first half - Jo meeting Laurie at a dance - hiding her stained glove and burned dress, the dramas the girls put on, the mailbox between the March home and the Laurence home, the week the girls did no work. All the details made this family come alive for me. By contrast, the second half had fewer of these scenes and more summaries of what had happened to each character, which I thought made it not as strong.
    • 3/5
      I know it's a classic, but the book bored me to tears every time I was forced to read it (in high school and in college). I like action. This has none at all, but I suppose it's not meant to be that kind of book.
    • 2/5
      I know a lot of people who just rave over this book, but it was really a struggle for me to even get through it. The characters had no depth, the book was preachy, and the ideals it was preaching for the proper behavior of women were bile-inducing. I know, I know, it was written a long time ago, in a world with different ideals, etc. And yes, I know Alcott was a social reformer and a feminist. But my respect for her and what she did can't make me like this book any more...sorry.

      I have to kind of agree with Jo's publisher, even though this statement was made as something we were supposed to disagree with in the course of the book...

      "People want to be amused, not preached at, you know..."
    • 2/5
      *contains spoilers*

      This is a "classic," one to which I was sadly introduced in a movie. Sadder still, the movie is not very good, and yet it's better than the book. Perhaps if I'd read it as a youngster, I would have gotten more instruction out of its text, for it is one big lesson in how to behave, an "Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten" for the 19th Century.Here's an interesting factoid: Alcott was a lifelong opium addict, and she wrote LIttle Women in an opium haze.
    • 5/5
      Love this book. Sad about the "choice" made in the end but I completely understand, now that I am older. 15 when I first read this book now I am 30.
    • 2/5
      I've never been a fan of this book.

      As a feminist, I'm REALLY not a fan of this book. Teaching little girls that the most important thing is to find a man and keep him! As an atheist, who doesn't mind religion, the religious undertones were too ... irritating in this book.

      I know it's a classic. I know people love this book. It just wasn't for me.

      The second star is solely for it's 'classic' status. I know... I'm a sucker.
    • 5/5
      A joy to finally read, after seeing both the 1933 and (the best) 1994 versions of the movie several times. I ate it up, cover to cover. I was glad the novel gave more about the sisters' lives after their marriages than either of the movies did, and while the families were clearly happy, Alcott did not tie up the conclusion with a perfect "not-a-care-in-the-world-and-happily-ever-after" bow. I was so disappointed to confirm how much the Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel film copied directly from Little Women, as far as Jo/Laurie and Anne/Gilbert were concerned, but that's not Little Women's fault, and though I may never be fully reconciled to the way Laurie "switched over" to Amy, I'm still fond of the story in spite of it.Jo's poem to Beth, toward the end, was one of the most moving pieces of the novel, as were Beth's words to Jo, at the sea: "Jo dear, I'm glad you know it. I've tried to tell you, but I couldn't." Beth, in all of her virtue, was still portrayed as human: a dying, nineteen-year-old girl wondering if her short life has truly amounted to anything. One of my main questions going in was whether or not Alcott had made Beth a flawless, otherworldly angel, and I was pleased that she didn't.
    • 5/5
      Why have I just now read this book? I don't know! It was a wonderful and well written story. I couldn't get enough of the entire family. I cried. I laughed. I couldn't put it down, I had to knwo what happen. So glad I finally read it!

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    Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

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