NOTE: Little Women is sometimes published in two volumes, entitled Little Women and Good Wives.
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Sep 09, 2010
Rumi
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Apr 16, 2011
Ginny
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To begin with,I'm glad I finished this book at last.
but as everyone fell for it,I've got to confess that wasn't the way it worked for me.
It felt good to finally get through all the depressing parts to reach to the good and happy ones.but they weren't enough to fill the hole,you know.
No misunderstanding here.I'm almost glad with how everything turned out.but through all what happened,old characters got annoying for me.and as they grew up and changed I began to despise them.except f More...
but as everyone fell for it,I've got to confess that wasn't the way it worked for me.
It felt good to finally get through all the depressing parts to reach to the good and happy ones.but they weren't enough to fill the hole,you know.
No misunderstanding here.I'm almost glad with how everything turned out.but through all what happened,old characters got annoying for me.and as they grew up and changed I began to despise them.except f More...
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Mar 27, 2009
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Jan 09, 2011
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Apr 27, 2010
Truly
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” Aku mencintaimu semenjak aku mengenalmu,Jo: tidak bisa menahannya, kamu begitu baik kepadaku. Aku sudah mencoba menunjukkannya, tapi kamu tidak mengizinkanku”
”Oh, kamu mau kemana?” Tanya Jo
”Ketemu setan ” Jawab Laurie
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”Oh, kamu mau kemana?” Tanya Jo
”Ketemu setan ” Jawab Laurie
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Jan 28, 2010
Cristina
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It's sad but I didn't entirely enjoy this. I missed everyone, even while I read them. The evolution was too rapid, too un-thought. Characters lost their essence because they were apart. It was silly how much joy it brought to have Laurie and Jo reunited, the first sentence they uttered to one another felt like home immediately. I don't know if Alcott did this on purpose, to explore on the bittersweetness of young adulthood, but if she did not do it on purpose, it's simply fascinating, powerful m
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Jun 11, 2009
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Aug 21, 2011
Louise
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It's so sweet! Funny attitudes towards women, of course, but a core of truth and a lovely glimpse into a bygone era.
There's a lovely heartfelt quality about this book which again underscores the importance of just jolly well telling your story and not fretting about style - and then of course your style emerges like magic!
Jo has just realised that her parents would not approve of the way she is making money.
Ah, Jo, instead of wishing that {they didn't have such high More...
There's a lovely heartfelt quality about this book which again underscores the importance of just jolly well telling your story and not fretting about style - and then of course your style emerges like magic!
Jo has just realised that her parents would not approve of the way she is making money.
Ah, Jo, instead of wishing that {they didn't have such high More...
Feb 05, 2012
C.S.
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I've read this part already, along with the first part. The two volumes were published in the same book and I wasn't aware of it until now. Like before, I love this endearing story of love, childhood, friendship, and how to overcome hardships with the sheer love of family and friends. I absolutely love the relationships that flowered in this book, especially that of Laurie and Amy. Laurie is my favorite male character, and Jo my favorite. And even though these are my favorites, I'm so happy they
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Aug 07, 2010
Maja
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It was nice to get to know what happened to the adorable March-girls and their lovely neighbour Laurie - too bad I didn't really like the things that happened. Sure, it was good to see Meg married and happy and the same with Jo and Amy. I also accept that Beth died. That's not really what bothers me. What really nags me is that as soon as the girls got married they forgot all about their dreams and hopes for the future. They were just content with being domestic housewives. I know, I know, the b
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Nov 16, 2009
Shonali
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott has been read by almost all, but the same cannot be said about its sequel Good Wives. Though I like Little Women much more than this book , Good Wives being a sequel does a very good job of letting us know what happens to our favorite characters. The March girls have grown up and are moving in to the outside world and learning to lead life away from their parents protective surroundings. There are some surprises thrown in but the narrative is just like the first
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Aug 29, 2011
Stef
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This book took all that was good about Little Women and crushed it, grinding the sharp pieces of my despair right in my face. It's so bad I can't pick up Little Women without remembering this book and knowing that everything I read is a filthy lie and that all happiness shall soon cease to exist.
I want to purge my memory of Good Wives, but I can't. I wish I'd never read it. If I had a time machine I'd go back in time and slap this book out of my own twelve year old hands. And once th More...
I want to purge my memory of Good Wives, but I can't. I wish I'd never read it. If I had a time machine I'd go back in time and slap this book out of my own twelve year old hands. And once th More...
May 03, 2011
Raafia
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This was a really cool book. I like it because it was written in the same way as little women. Most authors write a really awsome book followed by a dumb sequel. Good wives wasn't like that. It tells us how the girls change as they grow up. I must say even though it was a grwat book i was disappointed that Jo doesn't marry Laurie. Jo and Laurie are my favourite characters of all time so i hoped to see them together. Instead Laurie marries Amy, whome i dont like anymore beacaue she grows up to be
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Aug 22, 2011
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Dec 02, 2011
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Nov 26, 2011
Stacey
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It has been a long while since reading Little Women. And I wouldn't have picked Alcott again except I was going on a long trip and needed something to listen to and didn't have my library card yet, so, found librevox. It is a free audio book site for books in the public domain. They have quite a lot so I just stuck with the A's, hence, Alcott.
Good Wives is the sequel to Little Women and I have to say that I was impressed with the writing. It was lovely and interesting and curious. More...
Good Wives is the sequel to Little Women and I have to say that I was impressed with the writing. It was lovely and interesting and curious. More...
Oct 16, 2011
Steffi
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I must say I enjoyed the first part, the Little Women part 1, much more than this second part. It sometimes seemed like one huge moral lecture to me, too much religious stuff in there and I did not like that it was all about how a proper woman has to behave and look, she has to do that, has to be this. Of course one has to keep in mind the time when this was written, but still, it was a bit too much in places. It was very nice to read the last scenes though, and Beth's death was also very touchi
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Nov 19, 2011
Ellie
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Good Wives is the sequel to the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. The book begins three years after the end of Little Women and continues the stories of the March sisters; Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. It is beautifully written, however, there were several things I didn't like about this book. In Little Women, the girls all had dreams and ambitions about what they wanted to become; such as Amy becoming an artist and Jo becoming a famous best selling author. I was slightly nauseated by the way th
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Jul 09, 2010
Indah
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Hadiah dari Serambi, terima kasih ya.
Cerita awal di halaman 7, langsung membuat saya tersenyum dan membayangkan kalau nanti tiga anak perempuan saya dewasa :D
“Seorang ibu rumah tangga, sekaya apa pun, harus tahu bagaimana segala sesuatu harus dilakukan di rumahnya, kalau dia ingin dilayani dengan baik dan jujur.” (Gosip – halaman 21)
Sejak membaca novel Little Women, sudah jatuh cinta dengan kisah Bu March dan keempat anak perempuannya, Meg, Jo, Beth, dan Amy. Dan, membac More...
Cerita awal di halaman 7, langsung membuat saya tersenyum dan membayangkan kalau nanti tiga anak perempuan saya dewasa :D
“Seorang ibu rumah tangga, sekaya apa pun, harus tahu bagaimana segala sesuatu harus dilakukan di rumahnya, kalau dia ingin dilayani dengan baik dan jujur.” (Gosip – halaman 21)
Sejak membaca novel Little Women, sudah jatuh cinta dengan kisah Bu March dan keempat anak perempuannya, Meg, Jo, Beth, dan Amy. Dan, membac More...
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Apr 13, 2008
Tracy
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The sequel to Little Women, usually printed and sold with Little Women instead of as two separate books . I liked it better when I read it as Little Women, all in one book, instead of splitting the two books. Without the charm of the childhood, the adult lives are too sentimental and sugary. Maybe that's why it usually comes as one big, fat book instead of the two.
I always felt kind of bad, because so many girls just LOVED Little Women, and I couldn't ever gush with them because I j More...
I always felt kind of bad, because so many girls just LOVED Little Women, and I couldn't ever gush with them because I j More...
Aug 06, 2011
Giovaennchen
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Y pues ya entrados en gastos, abordando la temática de la literatura del siglo XIX y XX, recuerdo que leí esta novela, continuación de " Mujercitas " de la misma autora. En muchos casos, segundas partes nunca fueron buenas, pues en este tampoco. No me gustó, estaba aburrida y demasiado nostálgica. Tal vez la decepción de la edad, el control social y las presiones hicieron que esta novela no fuera tan "emocionante" para mí. La puedes leer, solo para no dejar.
Jun 02, 2011
Evangeline
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This just scraped a three-star rating for me. I much prefered the first 'Little Women', despite its saccharine sweetness.
Unlike most readers though, I didn't mind that Jo (spoilers ahead) ended up with Mr Bhaer rather than Laurie, although it did mean poor lovelorn Laurie suffered for a while. But then he ended up with Amy, which I wasn't too happy about. I never liked Amy, and would have much prefered Laurie to end up with my other favourite character Beth, and for Beth to have surv More...
Unlike most readers though, I didn't mind that Jo (spoilers ahead) ended up with Mr Bhaer rather than Laurie, although it did mean poor lovelorn Laurie suffered for a while. But then he ended up with Amy, which I wasn't too happy about. I never liked Amy, and would have much prefered Laurie to end up with my other favourite character Beth, and for Beth to have surv More...
Aug 26, 2011
Jaana
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Luin ensimmäisen osan, Pikku naisia, tammikuussa ja pidin siitä silloin melko paljon. Viimevuotiset ystävämme jatkaa tarinaa siitä, mihin Pikku naisia jäi. Edellisen kirjan luettuani jäin kaipaamaan elokuvasta (1994) tuttuja tapahtumia, mutta tässähän ne sitten tulivatkin. Jos päädyn lukemaan myös kaksi viimeistä osaa, Pikku miehiä ja Plumfieldin pojat, edessäni ovat aivan uudet seikkailut.
Itselleni tärkeimmäksi kirjan juonikuvioista nousi Jon ja herra Bhaerin tarina, vaikka vaihtele More...
Itselleni tärkeimmäksi kirjan juonikuvioista nousi Jon ja herra Bhaerin tarina, vaikka vaihtele More...
Jan 17, 2011
Emma
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And this is why you should always read Little Women and Good Wives together - one is nothing without the other. Still trite and worthy, still entirely too neat, and yet still wonderful. Even though I have read it several times before, there was a still a tear in my eye on more than one occasion. Heartwarming loveliness which, sometimes, you need!
Feb 09, 2012
Hana
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best ever!my favourite book.however..the ending was a bit disappointing, the most i can say about it is that it was unpredictable.i wanted to shout to Alcott, L.M. to change the ending so that Jo would be with Laurie.it would made the story so much happier but i guess she didn't want it to be too predictable.Amy being with Laurie just....wrecks my brain.i couldn't comprehend.
Oct 29, 2010
Rahmadiyanti
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Hmm, nggak tahu ya... apa saya yang lagi nggak mood bacanya atau memang materi bukunya yang agak bertele, atau terjemahannya kurang mengalir? Saya agak capek bacanya. Jadi setengah bagian buku saya baca cepat. Padahal saya semangat banget pengen tahu lanjutan kisah Little Women. Secara LW adalah salah satu buku favorit saya. Mungkin saya harus membaca ulang.
Nov 27, 2010
Elizabeth
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This is sometimes combined with the first book under the title "Little Women" but the copy I had only had the first book so I had to find this separately. I recommend reading both because the first seems short and incomplete without reading this part. Nothing much happens in the first book without the reading this second half.
May 05, 2009
Robin
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I'm surprised to find this listed separately from Little Women. I too read both stories bound in one book, and can't imagine one without the other.
Both give a great feel for being young in the 19th century, but don't dwell overmuch on societal constraints - which I appreciate, because that can be so overdone.
Both give a great feel for being young in the 19th century, but don't dwell overmuch on societal constraints - which I appreciate, because that can be so overdone.
May 27, 2010
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Apr 05, 2008
Stacy
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Will finish this up today, but I doubt the last few pages will alter my feeling about.
I know Little Women is published as 1 volume in the US except for this weird little set. Well, I loved, loved the first book. Book two seems overly sentimental. The language much more often delves into the flowery. I like it, but it is just not the incredible book that Book 1 is. I have the unique position to read them literally simultaneously, because now I am reading Book 1 outloud to my daughter. More...
I know Little Women is published as 1 volume in the US except for this weird little set. Well, I loved, loved the first book. Book two seems overly sentimental. The language much more often delves into the flowery. I like it, but it is just not the incredible book that Book 1 is. I have the unique position to read them literally simultaneously, because now I am reading Book 1 outloud to my daughter. More...
