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| Original Title: | Good Wives |
| ISBN: | 1419122126 (ISBN13: 9781419122125) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Little Women #1, part 2 |
| Characters: | Marmee, Meg March, Beth March, Amy March, Jo March |
Louisa May Alcott
Paperback | Pages: 248 pages Rating: 3.94 | 22532 Users | 924 Reviews
Present Of Books Good Wives (Little Women #1, part 2)
| Title | : | Good Wives (Little Women #1, part 2) |
| Author | : | Louisa May Alcott |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 248 pages |
| Published | : | June 17th 2004 by Kessinger (first published 1868) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Romance. Young Adult. Historical. Historical Fiction. Childrens |
Chronicle In Pursuance Of Books Good Wives (Little Women #1, part 2)
NOTE: Little Women is sometimes published in two volumes, entitled Little Women and Good Wives. This is essentially the second part of Little Women.Amy looked relieved, but naughty Jo took her at her word, for during the first call she sat with every limb gracefully composed, every fold correctly draped, calm as a summer sea, cool as a snowbank, and as silent as the sphinx. In vain Mrs. Chester alluded to her 'charming novel', and the Misses Chester introduced parties, picnics, the opera, and the fashions. Each and all were answered by a smile, a bow, and a demure "Yes" or "No" with the chill on.
Rating Of Books Good Wives (Little Women #1, part 2)
Ratings: 3.94 From 22532 Users | 924 ReviewsCriticism Of Books Good Wives (Little Women #1, part 2)
Oh, the treasure trove of lessons there are to be gained by old books! It's been years since I last read either Little Women (or it's unknown-to-me-sequel), and I'm much ashamed for it. Oh what I have been missing all this time! But still, sometimes it's nicer to wait and discover so many more treasures for the waiting in the meantime.Now that I'm all grown up but as yet still unmarried I enjoyed reading how the Little Women grew up and seeing Meg's daily struggles as a young wife and mother,This book picks up a bit after Little Women. Meg is married, Beth is not well, Amy is in Europe. Jo goes to New York to work as a governess/tutor and also did some writing while there. Laurie is still in love with Jo, but she turns him down when he asks her to be with him. So off he goes to Europe where he and Amy hook up. Just a little strange to me. Jo loses some of her spark and becomes depressed about her prospects, but then a friend she met while in NY comes back into her life.This book is
The sweet, playful March sisters have grown up. Meg has married and is now a mother, Amy travels to Europe to refine her agreeable upbringing, Jo earns her living writing disposable best-sellers, even if the novel she had been working on is dismissed by the editors again and again. And Beth keeps struggling with her ill health. There is not a single chapter where something of interest is brought to the readers attention, and as the novel progresses, the characters bloom into fragrant, colorful
I finally read this childhood favorite of mine in its original language and though some of the magic had disappeared due to getting older and knowing the plot, I enjoyed stepping into the lives of the lovely March sisters again. I noticed quite many things that bothered me, but for most of them I can blame the time Louisa May Alcott lived and wrote during, of course things were different then, peoples attitudes and expectations. And nothing can tarnish the nostalgia I feel for this story -it had
The March girls are all grown up and ready to throw away all their individuality and aspirations so that they can please their penniless but Christian husbands <:'D Isn't that exactly what all girls dream of? Servitude to a man!Fair warning, spoilers ahead:Remember Meg? She was the self-satisfied smarmy brunette who all the men liked for her looks, and not much else. She makes a match to a tear-jerkingly boring and terrifically poor tutor, and lives with him to do his bidding and fret about
This book took all that was good about Little Women and crushed it, grinding the sharp pieces of my despair right in my face. It's so bad I can't pick up Little Women without remembering this book and knowing that everything I read is a filthy lie and that all happiness shall soon cease to exist.I want to purge my memory of Good Wives, but I can't. I wish I'd never read it. If I had a time machine I'd go back in time and slap this book out of my own twelve year old hands. And once that was done
I finally read this childhood favorite of mine in its original language and though some of the magic had disappeared due to getting older and knowing the plot, I enjoyed stepping into the lives of the lovely March sisters again. I noticed quite many things that bothered me, but for most of them I can blame the time Louisa May Alcott lived and wrote during, of course things were different then, peoples attitudes and expectations. And nothing can tarnish the nostalgia I feel for this story -it had
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