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I had a young friend who set up housekeeping with six sheets, but she had finger bowls for company, and that satisfied her,” said Mrs.

I re-read Little Women last year and was surprised to find that my memories of the story had been unduly influenced by the wonderful Winona Ryder-Kirsten Dunst-Claire Danes film version I watched as a child; in comparison to the film, half the book appeared to be missing, and I wondered why the filmmakers had taken such liberties in extending the story so far beyond Louisa May Alcott’s imagination! To be sure, the hall was so narrow, it was fortunate that they had no piano, for one never could have been got in whole; the dining room was so small that six people were a tight fit; and the kitchen stairs seemed built for the express purpose of precipitating both servants and china pell-mell into the coal bin. It might be cheesy, and it might be old fashioned, and the characters might be a little bit too good to be true, but it works for me.B/W DECORATIONS ON SOME PGS, Ormiston Free Church School' prize Inscription to front end-paper dated 1875, awarded to Mary Kerr from Mrs. Little Women also influenced contemporary European immigrants to the United States who wanted to assimilate into middle-class culture. Alcott did not have Jo accept Laurie's hand in marriage; rather, when she arranged for Jo to marry, she portrayed an unconventional man as her husband.

I’m doing my best, ma’am, but can’t get much higher, I’m afraid, as six feet is about all men can do in these degenerate days,” responded the young gentleman, whose head was about level with the little chandelier.

I’ve reread them at various watersheds in my life and sometimes when I wanted a good laugh and/or cry. Little Women had "continued relevance of its subject" and "its longevity points as well to surprising continuities in gender norms from the 1860s at least through the 1960s.

Inspiration [ edit ] The attic at Fruitlands where Alcott lived and acted out plays at 11 years old. This entry was posted in Book Reviews and tagged book review, books, classics, coming of age, Good Wives, literary, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Rory Gilmore Challenge. Little Women and Good Wives will always be amongst my favourite books, because they are not concerned with being flashy or different or clever, but about inspiring and encouraging their readers to grow, and change, and love, and dream, and live, and to never give up, because no matter what, life is worth it. In fact, he rather prided himself on his narrow escapes, and liked to thrill the girls with graphic accounts of his triumphs over wrathful tutors, dignified professors, and vanquished enemies.They take Amy to Europe with them, where Uncle Carrol frequently tries to be like an English gentleman. Meg fulfils expectations for women of the time; from the start, she is already a nearly perfect "little woman" in the eyes of the world. Unfortunately Jo’s Boys and Litte Men get very sentimental and are not as good as the two first volumes. March, “What can you expect when I have four girls in the house, and a dashing young neighbor over the way? Little Women tell’s the story of a close-knit family, focusing on 4 sisters living during the American Civil War.