Little Women: The Original Classic Novel Featuring Photos from the Film!

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On the other hand, I disagree that because Alcott set us up for the romance that, narratively speaking, she must follow through. The first change was in the third paragraph of the first chapter (see above), where “lots of pretty things” was changed to “plenty of pretty things. My memories of Amy in Little Women are that she burned Jo’s stories, and got in trouble at school for … eating limes? A few weeks ago Esther Schindler posted one of her famously irresistible Facebook queries: “What book have you tried to read several times, but given up on for one reason or another -- and you still intend to give it another try?

And it’s also admirable, again bringing in the Anne/Gilbert comparison here, that when Jo refuses Laurie, she is not a silly little girl with false ideals of romance who just needs to be awakened by The Right Man, as Anne Shirley is. While many of life's activities have sped up over the past century and a half, book publishing is now usually considerably slower. The first great English detective novel, Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone is presented in a Folio Society limited edition of 750 numbered copies. Yes, Ruby’s death in the Anne books was, IMHO, more affecting than Beth’s, because LMM didn’t choose the “saintly” girl to die, but the vain, frivolous (tho’ good-hearted) flirt, who was (as she herself pointed out) least prepared for Heaven.First published as a serial in the 1860s, the semi-autobiographical text tells the story of her years spent with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Out of economic necessity, the two oldest Alcott daughters began working early to help support the family. The father seemed only to be important to the story when he came home from the war, as he was greatly loved by his wife and girls.

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Before the proposal, Laurie is shown to be someone who is taking his education for granted, and only really digs in the final year just before his graduates and proposes; after the proposal, he’s shown to throw a bit of a tantrum, and fritters his talent and his grandfather’s money away sulking over the rejection. Laurie seems to figure out early on that he’s attracted to Jo, but as they get older it becomes clear that the attraction is one-sided. With their father away at war and their mother working long hours, the sisters have to look out for each other and make their own entertainment. In this movie version, I felt that the actor who played Laurie was much less attractive than the Professor, who Jo ended up with. This hugely popular Folio edition celebrates the novel’s classic status with a stunning gold-blocked binding and exquisite printed endpapers.

As one might expect, the enlightening wave of feminist scholarship that emerged in the 1970s confronted the novel anew, and developed new appreciations and new criticisms. Also, copies are sometimes found recased in later bindings, so collectors should exercise extreme caution. In this simple, enthralling tale, both parts of which are included here, Louisa May Alcott has created four of American literature's most beloved women. Although the March family is on the poor end of the economic spectrum when compared with people they know and socialize with, they do have a maid named Hannah. Inside the book there are no pen or pencil marks ( front pastedown has wear and PENCIL NAME BLANK PG.They don’t seem very significant by themselves but cumulatively they tend to smooth down some of the rougher edges. Even if Jo was trying to protect Beth, the fact that her mother did not approve of the match also weighed heavily in Jo’s spurning of Laurie.