I love Carolyn See's description of this novel (borrowed from her excellent book Making a Literary Life): A poor woman is raising her daughters alone. One is conventional, one is given to fits of rage, one is a pretentious little snot, and the one that everyone loves the most is doomed to die. I don't know what put me in the mood for this one, exactly. I loved it when I was a little girl, and I've pulled it out to re-read every few years. This time I was reading a different edition, and began to notice that some of the more heavy-handed moralizing that I remembered seemed to be missing. I flipped to the title page and found that it was "abridged for the modern reader". Normally I never read anything that's been abridged, but in this case I felt like the story was actually brought more to the forefront. There were a few less scenes of Marmee lecturing the girls about how to be good and womanly with them all crying "We will Marmee, we will!", which sometimes set my teeth on edge.

Another book that fell apart on me after so many reads. I loved Jo for years, ached for Beth, wanted to kill Amy and Meg I didn't really ponder accept as a really great peripheral character. I cried each and every time I read the story, as if I could make Jo change her mind and marry the boy next door....I still think she should have. ( )

I’ve been reading on this book for some time; truth be told, I actually started reading this book about forty-five years ago! I set it down then, never realizing it would take this long to get back to it. Little Women is the story of four girls and their mom and dad during the Civil War. Their dad has gone off to minister to soldiers in the war and the girls and their mom are quite poor. Optimism is a key concept among the Marches, however, so you do not hear bellyaching or whining in this household. The girls find ways to entertain themselves with nary a Nintendo or tv. They continually renew their vow to keep a happy face and try harder to be good. Genuinely inspiring people in this book. ( )

Four out of ten. eBook.The story of four sisters growing up and coming of age. It follows the girls from a young age into marriage and beyond. The first half of the book was reasonably entertaining but becomes dull and predictable. Obviously meant for young women and in the style of older books is slow moving and patronising at times.  ( )

Although this family are't rich, they help many poor people.
When I read the point of this story, I was very impressed.
I think that they are very kind person.
They have each personality. So this is interesting.
I resemble Amy in youngest child in this book.
She is selfishness,isn't obedient. But she likes her sisters. ( )