World Famous Comics: Little Women (Signet Classics)
Little Women (Signet Classics)
By: Louisa May Alcott Publisher: Signet Classics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Signet Classics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 464 Publication Date: April 06, 2004 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Release Date: April 06, 2004
Product Description: In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war.
Frustratingly realistic. I first read this book when I was in third grade. I was about halfway through the book when I had to fling it across the room from me in utter horror. Eventually, the pull of the book was too strong: I picked it up, finished it, and sulked for a week. And ever since then, whenever I try to reread it, I end up tossing it across the room, screaming, pulling my hair: the characters just get under your skin. You *care* about what happens to them.
The little women are Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth. They have flaws, just like real people: Meg is vain, Jo is boyish, and Amy is a bit of a brat. Beth is utterly angelic, and can do no wrong. But while these may sound like pasted on personalities, they're not. Over the course of such a long book, you become deeply attached to the characters, and get to know and love them.
The story centers primarily around tomboyish Jo. She is constantly getting into scrapes, but is dedicated to her family and goes to great lengths to prove it. It's a growing up story: we follow Jo from a carefree girl who whistles and runs outside to a wife who would give everything for her husband.
Now for the bad: Louisa May Alcott is fond of injecting moral lessons into every chapter. That might have been nice in the 1800s, but now, it can seem a bit cloying. That said, the stories themselves are enjoyable enough if you can get past the morality.
Further, this book offers some of the most emotionally dissatisfying scenes I've ever read. Hence me throwing the book across the room. I don't want to spoil it for you; you'll know it when you get to it. And you'll be as upset as I was. So be prepared.
Overall, Little Women is a good family story with realistic characters. Young girls will probably enjoy it the most, but I think anyone can get something out of it.
The Sticking Together Sisters Little Women is a story about four sisters who live with their mother. I thought it was a great story because it is really easy to figure out what they are doing in a jiff. The best part of this book is that it shows the characters have feelings and emotions that are throughtout the whole story. The story explains to me what it was like to live back in the older days. Yet to me this book seems new. If I could say who represents me most,it is Jo. Jo is a great reader and it comes in handy when she meets a boy named Laurie. Laurie is a rich kid who ends up being like family to these sisters. This story really reminds of how life is sometimes. Will you find out what happens to these sisters? Read Little Women and get into the story. I think the best rating for this book is four and a half stars. It needed a little more happiness towards the end. But still take the risk and read Little Women.
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Read "Little Women" a great book of love, exceptence and realization "Little Women"expressed to me, is that you should always be happy with what you have. I remember getting the same thing for Hanukah each year from an uncle, although my mom would always say," it's the thought that counts, not what you get, and that one should try to be happy with what one gets even if you don't like it that much, it's still something. Louisa's book describes how the 4 girls enter womanhood and they should except whatever they get. Meg, the oldest, has trouble not wanting more than what she has, for she envied her classmates with their shiny boots and beautiful dresses. Meg only realizes that other things, besides what she has she didn't want at all when her sister gets sick. The last thing on her mind is things, she realizes what a great family she has, and she didn't need things other than her family. Being grateful for what one already has is the key to happiness.-L.B.
Disappointing and waste of time. After reading Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre, both written in the 1800s and which I loved, I thought I'd try another classic, Little Women. What a disappointment. I couldn't even read the whole thing. I only read the first 176 pages out of 470, so if the last half is better than the first half, I wouldn't know. Thank you to other Amazon reviewers for giving me the major plot points. I skimmed a few of these and that was enough for me. I didn't want to spend any more of my time reading what I felt was a boring book. I liked three characters, Jo, Laurie and Beth, but again not enough to want to read the rest of the book. It was too syrupy sweet with the mother teaching her girls values such as helping those less fortunate than yourself, control your temper, work hard, be polite etc. These are nice values, and this might be more desirable for a parent to read to young daughters a little bit every night. Although the parent should be aware that there are a couple of deaths of main characters. For me, this book was not good enough. I want entertainment, creativity, surprise, unexpected events and interesting characters. I prefer books like Twilight and Harry Potter for young adults and myself. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: none. Setting: 1860s the North during the civil war. Genre: fiction for young girls.
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