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Kate
10-24-2005, 10:42 AM
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Little Women

Author: Louisa May Alcott



[SIZE=2]Book Description:

It is no surprise that Little Women, the adored classic of four sisters and their enduring devotion to and protection of one another, was loosely based on Louisa May Alcott's own life. Alcott drew from her own personality to create a unique protagonist: Jo, willful, headstrong, and undoubtedly the backbone of the March family, is a heroine unlike any seen before. Follow the sisters from innocent adolescence to sage adulthood, with all the joy and sorrow of life in between, and fall in love with them and this endearing story.

Publisher's Review:

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s 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’s work,” 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’s book” 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.

Louisa May Alcott based Jo on herself. Consequently Jo is the most fully realized, complex character and, not surprisingly, the one most beloved by Alcott’s readers across generations and most inspirational for these readers’ own fantasies and ambitions. The character shares the author’s November birth month, strong concerns about women’s claims to independence and artistic expression, and the desire to be a writer and to broaden her experience through travel far from her provincial New England home.


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clogaholic
01-27-2006, 07:13 AM
Oh yes, I still love ALL of the books in the Little Women series! My DD grew up reading anything and everything and this is still on her favorite list too. :)

txgurl
01-27-2006, 10:53 AM
I think this is one of my all time favorites. I don't have any sisters, and if I did, I would want to have sisters like the ones in this book. The family is so warm and caring. I wanted to jump right in there and be with them.

pednurse
01-28-2006, 10:16 PM
I just loved reading this book when I was growing up! I can't wait until my DD is old enough to enjoy it as well (she's only 3 1/2).

Canadian Girl
01-29-2006, 09:25 AM
I grew up reading Little Women and I sooooo wanted to be like Jo, my favorite of the lot... though I also liked Amy: when I first read the book, I was about Amy's age :D

I also, very much, enjoyed Little Men in the same series.

They're classic and I love them!!!

lynnk
02-03-2006, 10:40 AM
Kate,
I want to let you know that Louisa May Alcott is in my family tree on my father's side. I stumbled upon this a few years ago when reading through the "tree". Interestingly, the family member that gave me a copy didn't realize that she was listed!
Lynn

Noelle
02-03-2006, 02:21 PM
I love Little Women! I have 2 sisters, but we're definitely not that close. I always wanted to be like Jo, though in truth I closely resemble Meg. Wouldn't you know, last year my school did a performance of the book and I was cast as her. It was so much fun- I felt like I was living in the story.

boxermama
02-05-2006, 10:01 AM
Who has read "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys" as well? Been a long time, but I read "Little Women" over and over as a young teen-her family was much stronger than mine.

knitstuff
02-19-2006, 01:34 PM
Who has read "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys" as well?.

I've read them! I got a set of LM Allcott books, hardcovered, when I was younger, and still read them from time to time!

Jen

NeNe
02-26-2006, 09:38 PM
My mom bought me a book every birthday and christmas and I got all of the Louisa May Alcott books. Ialways had my nose stuck in a book. I wish I still had all of the books that she gave me. I wish I'd had a daughter so I could share them with her.

Zasu
02-26-2006, 11:36 PM
Here is a link to the Orchard House website. It has a lot of interesting pictures and facts about the family and house.

http://www.louisamayalcott.org/index.html

shavilyn
04-03-2006, 08:30 AM
The act of coming together in support eventually will outweigh the things that try and divide us.

PW_Moose
08-29-2006, 12:51 PM
One of my favorite books of my life is LIttle Women. I, too, wished to be Jo. Strong and spunky! I loved Meg too! Taking care of things! I wanted to just jump in there and be part of their familly too!!! Just like Tx...
I cried my eyes out when Beth died!!!
I read all Louisa Alcott's books and her biography. I have a daughter but she likes entirely different books. I was so disappointed then I offered her my LIttle Women to read and she only wanted to read Stephen King... :(
Did anyone see any of the movies they made from her books??