Little Men
by Louisa May Alcott
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Read in March, 2008
A delightful, leisurely read by Alcott. I hesitate to say it is a "sequel" to Little Women, simply because it does not center around those characters we came to know & love in LW. They are present, but not primary characters. The book reads more like a series of short stories - in fact, I could see how it would be more easily made into a TV series than a movie for this reason. The stories mimic a serial format, but that style doesn't come as much of a shock considering that the...more
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Someone once told me that Little Men was written before Little Women. When she tried to get it published she was refused. She was told that the public wanted a story about young ladies from a woman, not young men. It was after that, that she wrote Little Women. Sometime after that became a huge success she published Little Men...I'm not certain if she found someone to publish it for finally resorted to doing it herself. This motivated me to find and read Little Men which was good....and w...more
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Read in May, 2008
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bookgroup-Heatherrecommends it for: tweens, parents of tweens
I read and loved most of Louisa May Alcott's books when I was a tween. There is something so peaceful in the narrator's tone. I always called these books didactic, but found in the brief forward of this book that she is called moralistic. Whatever it's called, it certainly teaches you a lesson on being good as a child and now reading as a parent on being a kind, patient parent who sees that love is the best medicine for whatever may ail a child.
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Read in March, 2008
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This book was a lot of fun to read with my girls for our family book club book. I especially like the way Jo and "the professor" parent/mentor the kids and how they compare it to "cultivating gardens". I didnt realize until 3/4 through that Mrs. Jo is Jo from Little Women-makes sense-that was a fun connection. It's kind of backwards, but I think we will read that book next since I have only ever seen the movie.
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I had read this as a child and read it to Davy about 4 or 5 years ago and he loved it! It was about the time that Bethie left for college and I'm sure the shock of going from being part of a large family to the only child at home was difficult - I think that influenced him to love imagining this group of boys living as a family! He enjoyed it so much that we went on to read Jo's Boys as well.
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Read in January, 2005
It's fun to see Jo "all grown up" and I really enjoyed this book. I've always had a soft spot for naughty little boys (must be all my years of teaching Sunday School and VBS) and I love reading about how Jo handles all the little problems involved with raising boys. It's not quite the story that steals your heart the way Little Women does, but well worth reading.
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The beloved follow-up to Little Women. I thinkI've reread my copy nearly as many times as I reread LW or any of her others. Then I read about her and about her father and about her family and about the circle of friends -- thos e Transcendentalists and on and on and on. I'm an Alcott fanatic if you will insist upon a label -- or is that a libel? -- just call me Amy.
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Read in March, 2008
I loved Little Women. I remember being so dissapointed when I first read this book. Jo grew up and became all high and might and overly moralizing. I missed the frank honesty of the younger Jo. If only Alcott had let us love the real Jo with all her faults, and not tried to make her into such a shallow paragon, so many things would have been better in this book.
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Read in January, 2006
Considering how much I liked the book Little Women, I was surprised that I didn't realize this one existed until last year. It is the tale of Jo Marsh, all grown up with children of her own and several boys that she takes on as students. As cheesy as it is to say "heartwarming"... this book was heartwarming.
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Read in October, 2007
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This book is a great story about a woman, Jo March rescued various orphan in a place called Plumfield. The boys and girls have different personalities and unique talents but they also have flaws that Jo March has to change them using numerous ways. The book also has a variety of useful vocabulary.
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I actually preferred this to Little Women. Unlike seemingly everyone else, I was totally pleased when Jo married Fritz. I always thought Laurie was a bit of a prat. Although the morality lessons in this book can be a bit too syrupy, I loved reading about the adventures at Plumfield.
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Read in January, 2006
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Everyone who knows a boy
My favorite book (along with Jo's boy's) of all time. I like Little Women just fine, but Little Men is a gem!! Maybe because I have always been surrounded by brothers and now sons (and their awesome daddy), the story of the boys at Jo's school really gets me. I wanted it to go on and on.
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an interesting look at what happened to the march sisters. everything i expected to happen didn't other than meg having cute kids. i once used this book to kill a bee that was in the car while my family was driving to florida. the yellow bee blood is still stained on the edge.
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Just finished re-reading this book. There was a lot I really liked about this (the little vignettes of most of the boys) but a few things I did not like (mostly the baby-talk and the 'accents' of some of the help). I'm now reading "Jo's Boys" as I have never read it.
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Read in April, 2008
I found this on my parents book shelf. It was a Christmas gift to my dad from his grandparents when he was a kid. I am sure I read it in my teens, but had forgotten a lot of it. A clean, fun, refreshing read, with some surprisingly good ideas about child rearing
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This is the sequel to Little Women. Jo and the Professor run a school for boys in their home, Plumfield. The story revolves around the various boys and their antics. I only like it because I want to know what happened to the main characters in Little Women.
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I liked this book second to Little Women. I liked it because it was about Jo, who I loved from Little Women. However I was sad that Jo lost some of her spunk and became un-Jo like. I enjoyed the stories about the boys :-). Never loose your spunk like Jo did.
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Read in June, 1985
What I said about Little Women. Not my demographic. (And even less my demographic at the time I read it--is there anything less likely to appeal to a somewhat pretentious, self-consciously "alternative" 20-year-old college student (male)?)
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i know this book is fictional and that it is not based in any way in reality. but i wish it could be. i wish it was that simple to change hurt and abandoned boys. this book gives you more insight into what joe and her husband do after they are married.
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Read in April, 2008
while clearly young adult fiction this book has an added level for parents. alcott was truly expressing her view on what the ideal parent should do to instruct and discipline and raise children into "good" adults. inspired me to be a better parent.
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