Abigail's review
Little Women (Illustrated Junior Library)
by Louisa May Alcott
Abigail's review
Little Women (Illustrated Junior Library) by Louisa May Alcott
Abigail's review
rating:
bookshelves:
childrens-fiction,
literature-classics
recommended for: Anyone Who Reads...
A book that both defines and transcends the sentimental literature of the nineteenth century, Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" is one of those lifelong companions that I have read and re-read, in whole and in part, too many times to count...
The story of the four March sisters, their adventures and friends, their joys and sorrows as they come of age during the tumultuous period of the American Civil War, is as relevant today as when it was first written. Here we see both the warmth and strength of family love, and the bitter rivalries that can arise between siblings. As someone who grew up in a house with three girls, I could enter fully into many of the characters' feelings, whether it was Amy's pique at being left out, or Jo's righteous indignation at the burning of her precious papers, and subsequent ecstasy of repentance when her anger almost costs her something far more dear. Who hasn't longed, like Meg at Vanity Fair, to be popular? And who hasn't secretly wished t...more
The story of the four March sisters, their adventures and friends, their joys and sorrows as they come of age during the tumultuous period of the American Civil War, is as relevant today as when it was first written. Here we see both the warmth and strength of family love, and the bitter rivalries that can arise between siblings. As someone who grew up in a house with three girls, I could enter fully into many of the characters' feelings, whether it was Amy's pique at being left out, or Jo's righteous indignation at the burning of her precious papers, and subsequent ecstasy of repentance when her anger almost costs her something far more dear. Who hasn't longed, like Meg at Vanity Fair, to be popular? And who hasn't secretly wished t...more
