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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Born in 1832, Louisa May Alcott grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, which later became the setting of her most famous novel, Little Women. Most of the characters de...
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PLAYING PILGRIMS
“Christmas won’t be Christmas without
any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
“It’s so dreadful to be poor!” sighed
Meg, looking down at her ...
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Biography EssayThough she also wrote adult novels, Louisa May Alcott is known primarily for her eight novels for children in the Little Women series. Her children's novels are characterized by their g...
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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is one of America's best-known writers of juvenile fiction. She was also a reformer, working in the causes of temperance and women's suffrage.Louisa May Alcott was born i...
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If longevity is any benchmark for literary greatness, then Louisa May Alcott would qualify. Her novel Little Women, published in 1868, still attracts legions of readers well over a century after publi...
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Louisa May Alcott (29 November 1832-6 March 1888) still retains her reputation as one of America's best-loved writers of juveniles. That reputation was established with the publication of Little Wom...
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Though she also wrote adult novels, Louisa May Alcott is known primarily for her eight novels for children in the Little Women series. Her children's novels are characterized by their glorification...
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Louisa May Alcott is an unexpected inhabitant in the world of magazine editing. Her name is better known as the author of Little Women (1868-1869) and other children's stories, and her novels are now ...
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Louisa May Alcott was widely known during her lifetime as the Children's Friend, a reputation based principally upon her domestic sagas for young adults, Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868, ...
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For most of the twentieth century Louisa May Alcott's literary reputation rested largely on her masterpiece, Little Women (1868, 1869). Yet, late in the twentieth century, Alcott--whose first biograph...
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In the following essay, Fetterley argues that Little Women reveals stylistic and thematic compromises that were made by Alcott in deference to prevailing social opinions of the time and the preference...
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In the following essay, Rigsby emphasizes the political significance of Alcott's Work, arguing that the novel reveals Alcott's affiliation with "feminist transcendentalism "...
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In the following essay, Langland offers a comparative discussion of Little Women and Work, arguing that "the developmental pattern expressed in Work is central to understanding key tensions in ...
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In the following essay, Murphy examines critical debate surrounding the question of Little Women's status as a feminist novel. She argues that the power of the work is largely derived "f...
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In the following chapter from a critical study of American women's writing, Showalter considers the reasons for the sustained popularity of Alcott's Little Women among American female re...
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In the following review, Brazil praises Alcott's ability to write convincingly of childhood experiences as an adult.
To girls one of the most acceptable gift-books of the Christmas season will ...
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In the following chapter, Elbert identifies major themes in Alcott's work as exemplified in Little Women, tying them all to an ideal of "domestic democracy."
I may be strong-mind...
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In the following essay, Clark discusses Alcott's ambivalence toward the role of writing, particularly as self-expression, in Little Women.
Alcott as submissive, Alcott as subversive, Alcott as ...
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In the following excerpt, Donovan places Little Women in the context of the development of children's literature. Though Alcott incorporated lessons for self-improvement in her work, she oppose...
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In this essay, Minadeo considers the relevance of Little Women to today's readers for whom gender roles are less limiting than in Alcott's time.
Reading Little Women used to be easy. Bef...
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In the following chapter, Foster and Simons explain that critics tend to be emotionally engaged with Little Women because its subject, female development, is universally mythic, and its realism keeps ...
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In the following article, Stern provides the biographical and literary context behind Alcott's creation of Little Women.
When Louisa Alcott first began to write in the Hillside attic, she dippe...
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In the following essay, Russ examines the widespread appeal of Little Women one hundred years after its original publication.
Nineteen sixty-eight seems a strange time to talk about Little Women, and ...
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In the following essay, Ellis claims that unlike the film adaptations of Little Women, which stereotype girls, Alcott's book represents them as serious and capable people.
In times of economic ...
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In the following essay, Keyser discusses the functions of stories and play in Little Women—as escape, as training, and as allegory for the novel as a whole.
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Recently an Indian friend of mine ...
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In the following essay, Heilbrun argues that Little Women's Jo has been a model of female autonomy for twentieth-century women artists.
The influence of Little Women upon women artists in Paris...
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Auerbach's look at Alcott's life and work suggests that although Meg, Jo, and Amy had to accept marriage as their fates, Alcott actually idealized feminist utopias that excluded marriage...
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In the following essay, Dalke argues that Little Women, particularly the second part, redefines family according to matriarchal values.
Seven years ago, Nina Auerbach elevated Little Women from childr...
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MacDonald contrasts recent responses to Little Women with those of child readers in Alcott's time, suggesting that although modern critics often consider the book sentimental and romantic, when...
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Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott is a romantic novel set in the19th Century in New England, America and was written in 1868-1869. Little Women is about four March sisters (Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy) g...
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Summary: The story of little women starts around Christmas time when the March girls, Meg, Jo, Amy and Bethy show their humility and longing to do good works for others. Right from the start it shows ...
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Never before has there been a novel so rich and compelling that captures the readers emotions so realistically. Louisa May Alcott's unpredictable, real life story of the March sisters shows what it's ...
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Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, is an excellent novel portraying the lives of four young girls as they make the transition from adolescence into adulthood. Alcott used many elements to show how J...
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Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott, is the story of the March family and their friends and neighbors. It describes the period of time during which the four young March sisters, Meg, Jo, Bet...
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The novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is a story of love, kindness and of being grateful of those you love and what you have. This is shown throughout the novel by the four young women: Meg (the...
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Little Women Book Notes is a free study guide on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Browse the summary below:
Author Biography / Context of the Work
One-Page Plot Summary
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Teaching Little Women
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Little Women Lesson Plans contain 138 pages of teaching material, including:
Separated from their father, who is serving with the Union Army, the March girls rely upon each other and their strong mother as they experience the joys and hardships of adolescence and young adul...
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Separated from their father, who is serving with the Union Army, the March girls rely upon each other and their strong mother as they experience the joys and hardships of adolescence and young adul...
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