Little Women
By: Louisa May Alcott
Summer Reading 2012
Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are
hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War.
Through their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women
of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt the deep
sadness when Meg leaves the circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part
I. Part II, chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a young wife and mother, Jo's
struggle to become a writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits and
unexpected romance. Based on Louise May Alcott's childhood, this lively
portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that
has endeared it to generations of readers.
(Taken from amazon.com description)
Rating: 5/5
Language: G
Violence: G, mention of the Civil War, but nothing else is
really said
Sexual Content: G
A lovely, sedate, classic novel; those are the words I would
use to sum up Little Women. This novel is heartwarming, simple, and
goes through what was realistic back in the days of Alcott. It is a perfectly
acceptable novel, and a grand old classic, that can bring you back to it, just
to watch the women face their trials in life with a fire that was not well
known in the late 1800s.
