Little Women (Little Women, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Jan 21, 2010 Julia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: comfort-reads, ya, classics, audio-books, re-reading, read-women-2020, historical-fiction

In this very difficult year (2020) I've been reading gentler books than I normally do, and while this has never been my favorite Alcott (that would be Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom) I'm startled by how much I am disliking it. It just seems so sappy, even Amy - the undeniably selfish and flawed youngest just gave up her chance for new colored pencils to buy her mother a large bottle of cologne for Christmas. Not sure if I can do it without risking rotting my teeth! edit: Abandoned. Maybe it was ...more

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Aug 27, 2008 Judy rated it really liked it

Shelves: bookgroup, youngadult, fiction

I haven't read this since I was a kid, when I loved it and read all of LMA's books. I was put off, at first, by the flowery language and the moralizing. Once I got used to the style, I began to appreciate it as an adult - the story of a family of girls trying to live in a way that reflects their values, even when those values don't always fit with the rest of society's. Jo is a girl who wishes at times that she is a boy, Laurie is a boy who has a definite feminine side, Amy has a prayer room set ...more

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Jan 21, 2008 Debbie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, realistic-fiction

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. HIG ...more

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Nov 01, 2007 Megan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: juvenile-fiction, finished-2008, to-be-re-read, classics-and-oldies, finished-2020

I changed my rating from 4 to 5 stars because I love this book more and more each time I read it. Apparently the author actually wanted women to have more rights, and this story is about making the best of things in a repressive society. (I read that in an intro.)

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