false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172987021m/236942.jpg 385211 20 For a week she enjoyed her liberty heartily, then set about finding something to do. Her wish was to be a governess, that being the usual refuge for respectable girls who have a living to get. But Christie soon found her want of accomplishments a barrier to success in that line, for the mammas thought less of the solid than of the ornamental branches, and wished their little darlings to learn French before English, music before grammar, and drawing before writing. 2780255 1873 Work: A Story of Experience total:93|5:21|4:28|3:38|2:5|1:1| 93 342 164 15 3 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 20:24:30 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 09:57:25 -0700 2009 Ragged Dick stories, Alcott uses Christie Devon to show the difficulties in finding a job encountered by young women in the late 19th century. Christie is a standard Alcott character - independent and ambitious with a desire to be more than just a woman in the world. Sh...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 20 15:30:29 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 09 15:43:47 -0800 2009 2 Work uses many of Alcott's own experiences. She is specifically interested here in examining how women might find meaningful, fulfilling work. Her heroine, Christie, like Alcott herself, goes through a number of jobs -- seamstress, servant, companion, governess, actress (Alcott was never a professio...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 06:57:42 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 16:27:39 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 19:38:13 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 15:39:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 12:38:45 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 13:56:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 16 11:32:46 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 11:32:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 14 16:47:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:50:23 -0700 2009 http://www.online-literature.com/alcott/...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 19:47:23 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 19:48:11 -0800 2009 5 0 true false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Thu Jul 12 07:16:09 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 07:21:44 -0700 2007 This is job encouraging too. I think this should be more wi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu May 01 21:05:37 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 21:10:19 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Apr 27 20:55:44 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 20:58:28 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Mon Aug 13 14:12:37 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 14:13:05 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 06:32:45 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 06:35:00 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 19:52:56 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 19:53:34 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Oct 09 16:44:12 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 10 16:57:08 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 10:42:25 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 10:42:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 17:42:03 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 17:42:03 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 05:02:06 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 05:02:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 17:16:59 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 17:16:59 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 06 08:11:27 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:11:27 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=236942