This favorite book for children, based on the author’s own youthful experiences, describes the life of the March family in a small New England community in the 1800s.
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March are raised in genteel poverty by their loving mother while their father serves as chaplain during the American Civil War. Jo at fifteen is ungainly, unconventional, and enterprising, with an ambition to be an author. Meg, a year older, is pretty and wishes to be a lady. Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music. Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve.
The story explores their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family’s small income, their friendship with the neighboring Laurence family, and their later love affairs and destinies as women.
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"This was really good!! However it is a book directed towards women so I can understand how a man may find it inexplicably boring :) if you feel like a life change and want some inspiration read this book because different morals and life lessons are scattered throughout the entire novel. 41/2 stars!" — Bsuann (4 out of 5 stars)
"This was really good!! However it is a book directed towards women so I can understand how a man may find it inexplicably boring :) if you feel like a life change and want some inspiration read this book because different morals and life lessons are scattered throughout the entire novel. 41/2 stars!"
“C. M. Hébert reads the story with the gentle affection and conviction one imagines in Jo March as she reads to her elderly aunt. Her characterizations receive a light touch, distinguishing each sister from the others without actually performing. Hébert allows her amusement and sadness to show at appropriate moments but maintains an overall detachment from the text that suits its soft formality to perfection.”
“A delightful novel of simplicity and family. It is a superb novel for adults to share with their children and a delightful retreat for adults who want to leave the 21st century for a few minutes or hours.”
" They're not called classics for no reason, are they? "
" I was eleven years old when I read this book. It is the reason I am an avid reader today. Louisa May Alcott has written many things I love, but none will ever compare to this masterpiece. "
" I dislike this book so much but I don't know how to start reading another on this programs please help me thanks "
" I've never actually finished the book, but I thought it was alright. As far as a book goes, I thought the characters and plot were good, but the language made the story a bit hard to bear. "
" Who doesn't LOVE this classic? As a child, I read this book with my mother, several times. "
" Such a lovely timeless book, you just fall in love with the characters "
" Classic chick-lit. Someone dies, someone gets scorned, someone falls in love. Jane Austen esque without any interesting opinions about society. "
" i want jo and laurie to end up together. :( "
" A re-read of a cherished book from childhood. Though set in the Civil War era, many of the situations continue to be pertinent to modern times. "
" Loved it, another age. :) "
" Love this book.(or what i understand of it!)always have a dictionary close by while reading this "
" Beautiful new cover art - but I'm struggling with the internalized sexism and the way Alcott occasionally uses her characters as a vehicle for the Temperance movement in a way I didn't notice when I first read (and loved) this book as a kid. "
" my all time favorite book! "
" Great book for young women to read. A story of sisters who learn from each other and learn the concept of family and love. "
" Read in the 1950's as a young girl. I loved it then. "
" I am not sure what it all means, but it was interesting. "
" I think if I had read this book at a younger age and not the age I am now, I would have enjoyed it more. "
" Beautiful story. It has become my yearly Christmas read. "
" I'd first read Little Women as one of the Great Illustrated Classics series. I liked it, although it wasn't my favorite compared to some of the other adapted classics. Still, it's a good book and an important piece of American literature. It's comforting. "
" Fun reading, just ok to me "
" One of my favourites of all time! "
" A beautiful story - Jo was always my favourite. "
" One of my favorite books and movie "
" One of my all time favorite books. I've read it many times. "
" A classic that I used to read over and over again. I will never tire of this book. "
" I did not like it at all. I think Louisa May Alcott ruined the entire book at the end "
" Very different from the movie. Can't wait to finish it :) "
" Always a great read! "
" I read this a long time ago...but the book on my shelf is calling. I really want to read this again. Jo has to be my favourite character... "
" I love this book!Classic story that I really like.I like Jo mostly!She's so smart and so enjoyable with her individual behavior who so brave and tomboy.^__^ "
" What can I say? . . . one of my all-time faves! "
" I just finished this book and I really liked it. I wish I had some daughters to read it to. Very insightful and lots of life lessons learned in this book! "
" I think it is really good to see how some families are coping without their father or other family members I would rate this book a must read!! "
" Still a classic. But my husband won;t read it after you know who gets sick.... "
" I think I only finished this book because I would be up pumping in the middle of the night bored. But I finished it and while at times I was somewhat impatient and annoyed with the submissive "
" Touching tale about strong young women. "
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Educated by her father until she was sixteen, she also studied under Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Theodore Parker. A prolific writer, her most famous work was Little Women, a timeless American classic.
C. M. Hébert is an Earphones Award winner and Audie Award nominee. She is the recording studio director for the Talking Books Program at the Library of Congress’ National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband, daughter, cat, and assorted fish.
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