Little Women

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.