For many girls‚ Little Women is a reading experience so stirring and lasting in impact that as adults they name their baby daughters after the characters. When they judge their daughters old enough‚ they press the book on their little Megs‚ Josephines‚ Beths‚ and Amys; often it is the same copy they read with their mothers‚ sometimes the one their mothers read with their grandmothers‚ occasionally an early or original edition that represents continuity through a hundred or more years. Louisa May
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novel. For other uses‚ see Little Women (disambiguation). Little Women Two-volume Roberts Brothers printing‚ from the early 1870s Author(s) Louisa May Alcott Country United States Language English Genre(s) Coming of Age Publisher Roberts Brothers Publication date 1868 (1st volume) 1869 (2nd volume) Media type Print Followed by Little Men Little Women is a novel by American
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the many limitations placed on women and girls. Her character is based in large part on Louisa May Alcott herself. Beth is thirteen‚ with a shy manner‚ a timid voice‚ and a peaceful expression which was seldom disturbed. She has a close relationship with Jo‚ despite their different personalities. She seemed to live in a happy world of her own‚ only venturing out to meet the few whom she trusted and loved. Long‚ quiet days she spent‚ not lonely nor idle‚ for her little world was peopled with imaginary
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Spenser Thomas Per 3 12 December 04 Little Women‚ Louisa May Alcott‚ Pocket Books -Simon and Schuster Inc.‚ 578 pages‚ 1868 Book Theme: In the arduous journey from childhood to adulthood‚ a young woman is faced with two things that need great attention and balance - the progress of her individual social standing‚ and the welfare of her immediate family. Main Conflict: The book does not really follow the traditional single plot line characteristic of many stories (especially during the
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Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women OR Meg‚ Jo‚ Beth and Amy (1868)‚ was a two-part book that told the story of four sisters and their family during the Civil War. The novel was geared towards young girls and the author drew from her own experiences to develop her characters and her plot. Madeleine B. Stern (1912-2007)‚ author of Louisa May Alcott: A Biography‚ wrote that among the musings made by Ms. Alcott‚ while deciding what to write in her book‚ was one that “There was no trick in writing
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LITTL E WOMEN Chapter 1: "Playing Pilgrims" Summary The March family consists of Marmee and her four girls‚ Meg‚ Jo‚ Beth and Amy and Father who is off working as a chaplain in the Civil War. We meet the girls first in Chapter 1 as they sit around the living room bemoaning the fact that they will not be having Christmas presents this year. They each have one dollar which seems too little to help any social cause. The girls discuss what they are going to buy for themselves with their money.
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Little Women Louisa May Alcott was greatly influenced by the transcendentalists of her time. Transcendentalists believed that humans should pay more attention to their inner beings‚ rather than dawdle on superficial ways of living. In the novel‚ Little Women‚ published in 1868‚ Alcott uses her characters’ ordeals to stress that wealth is not the key to happiness. To begin with‚ it is important to stay genuine and not yearn for material items. Meg‚ the oldest of four sisters‚ attends a party
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A Book Report on Little Women Louisa May Alcott Submitted by: Submitted to: asdasda asdasdas I. Title and Author Little Women by Louisa May Alcott II. Characters A. Primary Characters Margaret “Meg” March- Meg is 16 years old and the eldest. She is very pretty‚ with plump and fair skin. She has large eyes‚ soft
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In Little Women‚ one major theme is the struggles women go through during the nineteenth-century. Women are supposed to be good mothers and women are only to speak when they are spoken to. Society in the nineteenth-century did not expect women to work to support themselves. Family obligations and duties take away from the woman’s ability to attend to her own needs and wants. Little Women shows how women struggled in the nineteenth century. In Little Women‚ Alcott analyzes four different ways to deal
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Alcott’s Tone Overview: Little Women The late 19th century was an important time in the early American society. Little Women provides close insight of the changing position of girls and women during the times of the great Civil War. Little Women shows the reader countless dimensions of the children’s daily lives‚ including their dating rituals‚ chores and schooling. The book focuses on a family of the middle-class New England that is having hard financial times and they prove how sticking together
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