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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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Little Women (original 1868; edition 2012)

by Louisa May Alcott, Siobhan Kilfeather (Editor), Vinca Showalter (Editor), Rachell Sumpter (Illustrator), Jane Smiley (Introduction)

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Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
Member:creighley
Title:Little Women
Authors:Louisa May Alcott
Other authors:Siobhan Kilfeather (Editor), Vinca Showalter (Editor), Rachell Sumpter (Illustrator), Jane Smiley (Introduction)
Info:Penguin Classics (2012), Paperback, 528 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:*****
Tags:Family Relationships, Civil War-Fiction

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868)

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It's a good book for girls. I loved it.
  DiLapoFam | Feb 17, 2024 |
I’ve been enjoying the episodes of the Canonballz podcast covering classic books that I’m already familiar with so much that I decided to try reading a new one. I know how loved this book is, but had never read it or seen any of the TV/movie adaptations, so decided this might be a good place to start.

Or not. I’ve listened to a full hour of the story and cannot keep my mind on it. The characters are boring, their pious concern over being well-behaved and having nice attitudes is boring, and the style of writing is boring, even for middle grade fiction. Maybe the pace picks up later. Maybe the characters get more interesting. But I’ll never find out, because I just can’t face another 18 hours of listening to this.

DNF at 5%. Audiobook, borrowed from my public library via Overdrive. C.M. Hebert does a fine job with the reading, but it was still a yawn-fest.
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  Doodlebug34 | Jan 1, 2024 |
After reading Alcott's thriller, A Long Fatal Love Chase, this book was a bit depressing. It is insipid, with just poor Jo to add a tiny breath of fresh air, even if she is easily 'corrected by her sisters. And even Jo is judgmental and annoying. I'd like to say that I would have enjoyed this book more if I had read it as a pre-teen, but I doubt it. I felt a lot of pity for the insipid readers who really enjoyed this book through out the years, though I suppose for a reader who enjoys seeing how teens in earlier eras lived, this book has some appeal. Alcott writes well enough, and the book is easy to read, and does capture the sense of stifling dullness that was so many women's lot in the past. ( )
  JBarringer | Dec 15, 2023 |
4.5 stars

A very cute story. I liked how Alcott didn't shy away from bringing in some serious topics and situations. ( )
  RachelRachelRachel | Nov 21, 2023 |
Coming of age in the North during the Civil War, the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—experience great joy and tragic loss while becoming true little women.
  PlumfieldCH | Sep 23, 2023 |
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Almost every single line is overflowing with passion, the choice of words, the portrayal of characters, and the eloquence of emotions, all of this just makes me wonder how is it even possible for someone to write so elegantly with a simple yet appealing tone. This is surely one of those books where you know it is going to be a classic masterpiece at first glance. It delivers so well that I feel as if I am there, in that house along with the characters.
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“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship.
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Este delicioso y emotivo relato narra historia de la señora march y sus cuatro hijas: sus enamoramientos, sus aspiraciones intelectuales, sus complicaciones, su vida. con una fina descripción de caracteres, muestra el crecimiento de estas niñas poniendo gran énfasis en el espíritu de la libertad individual, inusual para una época en que la mentalidad estaba dominada por un ideal romántico puritano. les señoritas de louisa may alcoti demuestran sus aptitudes sociales tocando el piano, bordando o manteniendo una conversación fluida, amable y elegante. El ‘gran salón burgués” es la región del decoro y de las confesiones amorosas, al tiempo que actúa como soporte para interpretar y cuestionar diferentes aspectos de la guerra civil norteamericana.

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in 19th century New England
Οι σπουδαιότεροι συγγραφείς, οι πιο όμορφες ιστορίες της παγκόσμιας λογοτεχνίας. Ανακαλύψτε ξανά τα Αριστουργήματα της Παγκόσμιας Λογοτεχνίας. Ταυτόχρονα, γνωρίστε την Εποχή στην οποία γράφτηκαν, με τα σχόλια και την πλούσια εικονογράφηση που συνοδεύουν το πλήρες κείμενο του πρωτοτύπου. Η φαντασία ενός σπουδαίου εικονογράφου: Ο Τζέιμς Πρινιέ ζωντάνεψε με το πενάκι του την καθημερινή ζωή των ηρωίδων και της μητέρας τους στην περίοδο του Αμερικανικού Εμφυλίου. Μια σπουδαία καινοτομία: Το γνήσιο εικονογραφικό υλικό και οι συνοδευτικές λεζάντες προσδίδουν στις "Μικρές κυρίες" αξία ντοκουμέντου. Μια πρωτότυπη προσέγγιση, μια αξεπέραστη περιπέτεια.
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Four different sisters
learn to overcome their faults.
They learn about love.
(marcusbrutus)

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