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. ( )

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. ( )

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

My grandmother gave me this when i was very young. I love it so much i've read it usually once a year ever since. I have always identified with Jo and the romance between her and Prof. Bhaer gets me every time. : ) ( )

Little Women is the story of the March Sisters. The oldest Meg, the tomboy Jo, fragile Beth, and a little princess Amy. The story begins with the girls father away at war. Their mother is left to care for the little girls alone with the occasional uplifting letter from their father. Meg ends up marrying for love and going on to have a beautiful family. Jo spends all her time writing and taking care of her ailing sister Beth. Amy is able to travel to Europe where she spends years becoming a perfect society girl.
Little Women is a great book for little women. Every reader can find themselves, or a little bit of themselves, in at least one character in the book. The story starts out slow but you easily find yourself swept up in the March story. Throughout the classic there are little reminders on life, how to love or how to act properly. It's story is very simple and classic. A great read-aloud to share with a class or your daughter. ( )

I am always disappointed that Jo ends up with Mr. Baer instead of with Laurie. I think this stems from the great dislike I have for spoiled rotten Amy and because I relate better to Jo. I forget how simplistic this book is - it's no wonder that I first read it in grade school. ( )

I grew up with my mother's version on the bookshelf and never read it. I may have picked it up and put it down again at some stage - I did the same again, hoping to get some further insight into American history before reading March by Geraldine Brooks. Well, I can't get through March and I can't be bothered getting through Little Women either. I watched the 1994 movie instead. Yup. Cheated. And now I know the bones of the story I can consider myself educated and move on to something more modern.

I loved this book when I was 10. At 25, I'm fascinated by 10-year-old me. My review following a second reading is available at http://unimaginarybookclub.blogspot.c...

This is a classic book to be enjoyed at any age. ( )

I read this book in 2003 as part of a BookCrossing ring.

This was a good read, if a bit slow for me to get through. I admit I was disappointed in the way the story ended though. I had never read the story nor seen any film or other adaptation so I really didn't know what to expect. One thing I enjoyed immensely about the book was the depth and variation of the characters involved. I liked the fact that they all stayed very true to the way they were presented, and didn't leave me thinking "why would s/he do that?!"

I can watch the movie several times over and over. The book and movie just make you think of what it must have been like to grow up in that time period. ( )

Characters Fully Developed

While their father is away fighting in the Civil War, the March sisters (beautiful, girly-girl Meg, outspoken Jo, shy Beth, and spoiled Amy) live in a poor but loving home with their saintly mother. Laurie, the poor little rich boy who lives next door becomes like a brother to the girls. Lively and realistic, the characters are never too perfect; they each have their flaws and we love them all the more for it.

Don't let the length scare you away. This one is an enduring classic for a reason. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ( )

This is my all-time favorite book. I love the March sisters, and find something in common with all of them. I especially relate to Jo and her love of books. I remember one of her greatest pleasures was to curl up with a book and a crunchy apple. As a girl, I followed her lead, and secluded myself high in the backyard apple tree for hours with my books. I loved how the sisters each had a personal journal that they keep notes on their "journey" like Christian in "Pilgrim's Progress." It was after reading this book, that I read of the trials Christian faced while making his way to Zion. The saddest part for me was when Beth died. I remember when my mother read this to me as a young girl, and I cried myself to sleep one night. I haven't read this book in quite awhile, but I know I'll read it again. There were so many memorable scenes! ( )

The story is good and Ilike it. I intrested with the girls carectours. its famous.
Marwa ( )

I like this story because the relationship between the four sisters is very good. Also, they help each other.

I liked the story because they love each other so much.

I like this book because its interesting story about sister.

I liked to be useful and entertaining.

I like that it showed the love of cooperation between sisters.

I like this story because they are like a strong family.

I like this story because the relationship between the four sisters is very good. Also, they help each other.

I dont like this book because it's boring story.

I like story because it's talk about girls life.

I like this story because they happy family and they love each other.

INTERESTING AND FUNNY WE LEARN NEW WORDS. WE LEARND HOW TO LOVE OUR FAMILY. ( )

This book is the story about four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy.
They are poor but happy.
I like Jo, she is very active and cheerful.
So she makes me happy. ( )

In this story the March family is separated by war and their family is left in poverty. The story follows the lives of the four families sisters; Meg, Beth, Jo, and Amy. Each one of the sisters have very unique personalitites, Jo being the most courageous and Beth being the most silent. ( )

http://girlsjustreading.blogspot.com/... ( )

my childhood favourite...which i love reading once in a while even now... :) ( )

A childhood favorite. Definitely one to reread. ( )

this will always be a timeless classic about growing up with your siblings. Real emotions and issues of life. ( )

Beautiful story, with plenty of highs and lows ( )

I'll admit, I was hesitant at first to begin reading this "girl's story" from god-knows-when, but by the heart of act one I was willing to admit that it wasn't as boring as I had presumed and nearing act two I was sobbing and exclaiming right along with the girls at their troubles and pleasures- respectively, of course. I therefore award three and a half stars to Little Women and would recommend it- depending on who you are and how much you'll make fun of me for promoting such.

Although I'll be the first to admit that I'm a little confused why Beth died (oh, hey, that's a spoiler)- not why her death was necessary to the story, but physically why it happened - I found the confusion appealing as it let me make up my own answer which always allows the reader to connect a little more clearly to the characters. Stories like this (and probably like Jane Austen's as well, although I'm not going to pretend that I've been able to make it through them yet) dig at you and make you want to keep reading, however more than being merely an enjoyable read, Little Women is also well written.

Proff: "... for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride."

"There is not 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."

"If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in, for I don't believe there are any locks on that door or any guards at the gate."

"Their hearts were very heavy as they sent loving messages to Father, remembering, as they spoke, that it might be too late to deliver them."

(Okay, I'm done convincing you that she can write, on with the review!)

Trust me when I say that this is a funny book.

Ms Louisa May Alcott, although undoubtably a spinster for the rest of her days, has dry sense of humor that you wouldn't expect for something written a hundred and fifty years ago and after such passages, I would have to go back and re-read wondering, "Did that really just happen?"

Little Women is amazingly scandalous and it makes you wonder how much of a social outcast Alcott was because surely proper society didn't smile upon a number of the things she included in this novel (for example, I'm pretty sure one of the girls wrote 1800s versions of pornos known as 'sensation stories').
However, the book does have it's faults. It's a bit lengthy at times (472 pages total and not at all the next Harry Potter book) and the characters/actions the reader is supposed to like are so clearly defined that it makes you want to bond with other characters just to annoy fellow readers. As a reader, I would like to be able to choose which characters to like and which to dislike but Louisa May is a little bit of a biased narrator and really only lets you see one side of a lot of situations.
Another interesting feature of the novel is that Louisa May is not merely standing in the corner while she tells her story, she's a little bit like Mark Twain in that she likes to get her two cents in there- to be taken or left.
But like I said, I would recommend Little Women- perhaps especially to young women who like these sorts of simple but heart wrenching romances.

Little Women can be found at your local library or book store in either main or juvi fiction. ( )

Meg,Jo,Beth and Amy are friendly sisters.
They are poor,but they live happily with their mather
during their father's absence.
One day,they got the telegram that thier father is in critical condition.

I like Jo. She is active girl and write the plays.
She is the most interesting girl in four sisters. ( )

Yes, I finally read it. It was so sugary sweet it passed the threshold of cavity jokes and went right in to I just can't help loving it land. Sort of like pixi-stix. ( )