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Even when I was a child, I thought this was a soppy book, and I still do. Sentimental, didactic, dopey plot, unrealistic characterisation. Well past its use-by date... (

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gunung | Dec 29, 2009 |

This story is very interesting and character are so great.
I have a sister but I think we can't live without parents. Those women are strong! (

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asukak | Dec 20, 2009 |

I love the March sisters! Depending on where I am in life, I always end up identifying with a different sister and for me that just makes the book better. (

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mmillet | Dec 14, 2009 |

This book is a classic! It's the story of the March girls' lives. They are all very different characters but they pull together when times get tough. It's heart-warming and inspiring. (

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MMWiseheart | Dec 9, 2009 |

One of my all time favorite classics-I loved the book and the movie versions. (

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Series (with order)

Little Women (1)

Canonical Title

Little Women

Original publication date

1868

People/Characters

Josephine March (Jo)

Margaret March (Meg)

Elizabeth March (Beth)

Amy March

Theodore Lawrence (Laurie)

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Important places

Concord, Massachusetts, USA

New York, New York, USA

Important events

American Civil War

Related movies

Little Women (1933 ∙ George Cukor ∙ IMDb)

Little Women (1949 ∙ Mervyn LeRoy ∙ IMDb)

Little Women (1994 ∙ Gillian Armstrong ∙ IMDb)

Awards and honors

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books (1997, No 13)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 18)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008 Edition)

Guardian 1000 (Family and self)

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Epigraph

Dedication

First words

“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

Quotations

...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride. (p75)

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. (p82)

Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people, by being modest as well as pretty. (p110)

Money is a needful and precious thing, - and, when well used, a noble thing, - but I never want you to think it is the first and only prize to strive for. (p111)

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Niles, Thomas

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0451529308, Paperback)

In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war.

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