Little Women (Transatlantic Classics)
by Louisa May Alcott | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1908533110 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1908533110 Global Overview for this book
4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by 
J4Shaw
from finding my place, Somewhere -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, February 18, 2012
J4Shaw from finding my place, Somewhere -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, February 18, 2012
Purchased specifically for the 2012 International Women's Day Book Exchange
Released 12 yrs ago (3/2/2012 UTC) at Winnellie, Northern Territory Australia
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Sending off today for the 2012 International Women's Day Book Exchange
Thank you. This was my aunt's favorite book and I've always wanted to read it.
Releasing to another bookcrosser for the 1st Sentences VBB.
Got through the 1st sentence VBB. Thank you very much!
"Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the book over several months at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. It is loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters. Scholars classify it as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel."
I was expecting to really like the book. As kid I've seen both cartoon versions and wanted to be among the sisters, especially Jo. They changed some of the plot and it is easy for me to see why. The whole book reads like a manifesto of how women should do all in their power to give up on their individual dreams and feelings and become meek and humble housewives. I started to read faster and faster always hoping for a more critical part, but it remained overly moralistic. I guess the fate of the world really rests on a woman's shoulders and as long as she does her duty as wife and mother, never complains, is pure and understanding - what could go wrong?
"Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the book over several months at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. It is loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters. Scholars classify it as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel."
I was expecting to really like the book. As kid I've seen both cartoon versions and wanted to be among the sisters, especially Jo. They changed some of the plot and it is easy for me to see why. The whole book reads like a manifesto of how women should do all in their power to give up on their individual dreams and feelings and become meek and humble housewives. I started to read faster and faster always hoping for a more critical part, but it remained overly moralistic. I guess the fate of the world really rests on a woman's shoulders and as long as she does her duty as wife and mother, never complains, is pure and understanding - what could go wrong?
Thank you for sending on as it’s on my reading list! Thank you also for the extra BC labels and release bag!
Finally read this as part of a Buddy Read. I don’t regret reading it but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I was going to!
