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2020/005: Little Women -- Louisa M Alcott
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 08:50 am2020/005: Little Women -- Louisa M Alcott
The story of four sisters growing up in (relative) poverty during the American Civil War while their father is away with the Army. Each sister (feminine Meg, tomboy writer Jo, artist Amy and shy pianist Beth) confronts different challenges and moral dilemmas. Each grows and changes over the course of the novel, which begins rather episodically (one chapter per challenge) but coalesces later on.
( long, rambling, some spoilers )
... much describing of other people's passions and feelings set her to studying and speculating about her own, a morbid amusement in which healthy young minds do not voluntarily indulge. [loc. 6400]
The story of four sisters growing up in (relative) poverty during the American Civil War while their father is away with the Army. Each sister (feminine Meg, tomboy writer Jo, artist Amy and shy pianist Beth) confronts different challenges and moral dilemmas. Each grows and changes over the course of the novel, which begins rather episodically (one chapter per challenge) but coalesces later on.
( long, rambling, some spoilers )
