Louisa May Alcott grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, the second of four daughters of a noted proponent of Transcendentalism, Bronson Alcott. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a friend of the family, as were Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Despite her transcendentalist pedigree, Louisa May Alcott always kept her feet on the ground, working as a seamstress, a governess, a nurse, and, eventually, an author to contribute to the household income. Her most famous work, Little Women, is drawn from her own family life; it is among the most cherished and popular children’s books of all time. Within its comfortable domestic compass, many readers first discover the import of the largest questions: Who am I, and who do I want to be? From the first line—“‘Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,’ grumbled Jo, lying on the rug”—Alcott taps a vein of realism and colloquial expression that was ahead of its time and that still retains its attraction. What follows is a tale of life, love, friendship, illness, and coming-of-age, one in which the “little women” prove to have more courage, resourcefulness, and character than the adults who ostensibly hold sway over them.
In my opinion, there is something seriously wrong with you if you don't like Little Women. It's beautiful and brilliant and influenced generations of women writers
Every young girl should read this book, with its depiction of four girls with very different personalities; I have made sure my seven, now grown, daughters, and their daughters had a chance to read it.
I can read “Little Women” again and again, each time hoping to make the values it champions my own; family values, love, sisterhood, the will for social justice, compassionate parenting, literacy and a passion for writing!
Incredible book.
The sister dynamic is captured so well. The family dynamic is captured so well.
It is a comfort read. The joy and comfort I felt reading this book is one where i rarely get while reading
One of the first books read that made me think about my own life, writing, and the roles we have within our family and the larger world.
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