Book · Kindle · 1868
Pass it on
Little Women
80Living historically.
Worth the evenings it takes. The moral is practiced, not announced.
The review
Jo wants a life bigger than the parlor, and the book does not punish her for the want. It does refuse to let the want erase the sisters. Beth's quiet is not treated as nothing. Amy's desire to be admired is not treated as charm. That is a rarer mercy than a speech about being yourself.
It is long. Read it in pieces, out loud if the house will sit. Skip the summaries. The summaries steal the arguments.
Journal
Keep Little Women in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 80. Yours can differ.
The glance
Republic is the thin one.
Does anyone owe a neighbor, a law, or a town — or is every person out for themselves?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
The eight
- 8Industry
They sew, teach, keep house, and write. Idleness is the fault the book keeps correcting.
- 9Household
Marmee is a mother with a standard. The father is absent at a war, not absent from the story.
- 8Piety
Conscience is a daily argument, especially for Jo.
- 8Courage
Amy's vanity, Jo's temper, Beth's illness: each one costs something.
- 7Republic
The war is offstage and the neighbor still matters.
- 8Temperance
Luxury is a temptation with a bill attached.
- 8Truth
People are allowed to be wrong and then sorry.
- 8Stewardship
The house changes and is still handed on.
Where to read
Finding the page.
Live Historic · Little Women · 80IMDb
