Little Women (Scholastic Classics)

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Summary: A Wonderful, Heartwarming Story!!!!
Review: This is the best version of Little Women that I have ever read. It is the complete and unabridged version and the reader can tell that there's a difference. The story centers around four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy who are growing up during the Civil War. Add one loving mother, Marmee, the boy next door, Laurie, his tutor, John Brooke, and Friedrich Baher, a German professor and you have the best book of all time!

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Summary: The Classic Book Little Women
Review: Have you ever had the life of poverty?Having your father away in the Civil War not knowing when he'll back?Or waking up on Christmas morning not having any presents?Well, you soon know how it feels in the great book Little Women. As the fourMarch sisters struggle and survive with a hard,but peaceful life in New England in the 1800's.With loving Meg,talented Jo,frail Beth,and spoiled Amy.You will know through their happiness and sadness how they struggled and survived with their loving mother and brave father. I would recommmend this book to anyone.It is filled with happiness,humor,sarrow,and the learing of life.This book has endered readers of all generations including me.I hope it will yours!!!

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Summary: Little Women
Review: When I first read "Little Women" I was twelve years old and now, several years later, it is still my favorite book. One of the reasons for that is that the book is effidently written with much love and feeling, which is quite understandable, knowing that it is based on Louisa Alcott's own life. It is really tragic when one finds out what Louisa's real life was like and the way she describes it in "Little Women". It is as if she were decribing the life she wished for, while she tries at the same time to depict the truth. The way she describes the family life is heartwarming and I always hope that my children will love me as much as the March girls love their mother. The book is a picture of love, confidence and goodness. Some people may say it is too soft and moralistic, but I think that it can't do any harm to think about that once in a while. I mean, what is wrong with being good? The March girls are not saints, not even Beth, but they try to be as good as possible and many people should try that too. This book is most surely the loveliest story I have ever read and probably the best I'll ever read. And I don't think I am alone in that, otherwise it wouldn't be so popular today, over a hundred years after its first publication.

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Summary: Politically Correct Vandalism
Review: The rating is for THIS edition of the book, feminist ideologue Elaine Showalter's genital revisionism blots the text everywhere. Nor is the theme concerned with the "tension between social responsibility & individual and artistic freedom" except in the fevered dreams of academic collectivists obsessed with "group identities" who have instigated more cultural disintegration then anyone since the anarchist 60's by eroding all Individual Responsibility & intellectual standards. Since acquiring a CEO from Disney the Penguin Classics once a distinguished series has become largely a pulpit for multiculturalists, feminists, post-colonial theorists and academic careerists brainwashed by Edward Said to "re-frame" "de-construct" and deface in the name of a politically reductive, emotionally vacuous jihad against Western Culture. Showalter's a scumbag.

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Summary: Little Women-Touching and Thought Provoking
Review: Little Women, being one of the classics of American literature, is not surprising to be said one of the best books I have ever read. The story revolves around the home life of four close sisters and two strong, moral parents. As Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy grow up, their adventures and mishaps provide examples for any reader of all ages. As they grow up, they struggle with many ideas. First, they are constantly troubled by the necessity of being good, even when they want to be bad. Second, as they grow up, they confront different types of relationships with boys. Friendship turns into love and vice versa, making a strong theme of gender relations. The girls also struggle with the ideas of motherhood, sisterhood, pride, education, and marraige. Finally, two of the most important ideas in the novel are dreams and work. The girls spend their childhoods and adult lives trying to balance the two and fulfill both necessities. Also, throughout the book, society is explained, the harsh winters are described, and the profound work ethic of the people is portrayed to give the reader a strong sense of what it was like to be living during the 19th century. The book gives the reader some mportant guidance to people in similar circumstances in their adolescent years. The novel motivates positive decision making, looks past materialism, teaches morales, and shows us the importance of real happiness.

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Summary: Little Women
Review: Little Women focuses on the four March girls; Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, as they grow up from childhood to adulthood. The characters in the book try to teach each other helpful lessons about life, virtue, and morality. The novel is a real eye opener for everyone. Each of the mistakes the girls in the novel make are intended to provide some guidance for the reader. Society is explained, the harsh winters are described, and the profound work ethic of the people is described to also give the reader a strong sense of what life was like during the nineteenth century. I can strongly relate to all the character's feelings which are strongly depicted in Alcott's writing. I firmly believe all teenage girls should read the novel to hopefully be as strongly influenced as I was. The girls are constantly troubled by the necessity of being good, even when they feel the desire to be bad. There are also many issues on relationships between girls and boys. Friendship turns into love and vice versa, making a strong theme out of gender relations. The girls also struggle with the ideas of motherhood, sisterhood, pride, education, and marriage. After reading this novel, the reader will hopefully look more at their own life and his/her morales. Through the novel there is clear representation of the benefits of what good does.

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Summary: A True Family
Review: This was a well written book by Alcott. It really made you stop and be glad for what you had. This family treasured everything and it really made them better people. I have gone on to read Jo's Boys and Little Men. I have also read the individual books that were published. I highly recommend this book to all readers. It is truly a heart warming story.

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Summary: The Best Book I Ever Read
Review: The book is boring at the being. The 3rd chapter changed my mind. This book is about three sisters,their mother,and their lives. Read the book to see how their lives run and see how they get married.

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Summary: Wonderful Introduction for Children to this Classic
Review: My daughter and I have been reading (and re-reading!) the DK Classics (of which "Little Women" is part of) for several years, since she was 5. These books are very colorful, with lots of illustrations and photos of genuine artifacts, maps, and people from the era in which the story is set. Side panel text gives background information about the author, pictures and story. These "additions" (which do not detract from, but only enhance the story) help the young reader (and the adult too!) put the story into context. It is like getting both a classic and a pictorial history book rolled into one! The text is easy to read. My daughter is now 9, and reading the books on her own. Not only has she developed an appreciation for classic literature, but for history as well. These are great books for parents to read with their children. I highly recommend them!

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Summary: Little Women will Amaze Everybody
Review: This story is about four girls¡¯ growth into women in Plumfield during the Civil War, and their brave father, who came back home from the battlefield, and the mother who, devotedly watched over the girls. The sisters include the beautiful and very womanly Meg; strong and sensitive tomboy Jo; innocent, kind, and quiet Beth; and free minded, sometimes selfish, but attractive girl Amy. These four girls¡¯ weaving story touches my heart deeply. Laurie, a charming young man, has an unusually sincere love for Jo, yet marries her sister Amy in the end. This scenario gives me another answer about the love and deep affection. John, who is Meg¡¯s husband, and Friedrich, who is Jo¡¯s husband, helps the story becomes more exciting. Before I started to read this book, I thought it was such a long story. But as soon as I got through a few pages, I realized I was getting into this book so fast. All of the discord and the love are compiled with various characters in this book so well that you won¡¯t ever regret reading.