The tale of the March sisters continues in the beloved sequel to Little Women, which picks up three years later as Meg is preparing for her wedding, Jo attempts to launch her literary career, Beth still struggles to regain her health, and Amy begins traveling the world with their aunt. I’m not aristocratic, but I do object to be seen with a person who looks like a young prizefighter,” observed Jo severely. Thank you 🙂 I know that feeling well, I have many of those ‘I really should read this’ books that I never quite get to.

Bored with back to back TV, I picked up Little Women (which I had recently gotten free from the radio times due to a new adaptation) and began reading with much trepidation, feeling that if it was anything like Jane Austen’s work (which I don’t have the greatest affection for) it would be a bit of a slog. She is chosen by her aunt to travel to Europe with her, where she grows and makes a decision about the level of her artistic talent and how to direct her adult life. Meg and John begin humbly, but I have a feeling that there will be quite as much happiness in the little house as in the big one. Girls related to the March sisters in Little Women, along with following the lead of their heroines, by assimilating aspects of the story into their own lives.

Now don’t say any more about it; Meg’s wedding has turned all our heads, and we talk of nothing but lovers and such absurdities.

The novel follows the March sisters, Meg, Amy, Jo and Beth, three years after the events of Little Women. I’m nearly half way through and am enjoying so far although I agree with you about it being preachy! Here Meg meant to have a fountain, shrubbery, and a profusion of lovely flowers; though just at present, the fountain was represented by a weather-beaten urn, very like a dilapidated slop bowl; the shrubbery consisted of several young larches, undecided whether to live or die; and the profusion of flowers was merely hinted by regiments of sticks, to show where seeds were planted. The March family is portrayed living in genteel penury, but the Alcott family, dependent on an improvident, impractical father, suffered real poverty and occasional hunger. You are a much better person than I am – Louisa May Alcott’s didacticism always irritates me, even when I agree with her.She once confesses to Jo that her temper is as volatile as Jo's, but that she has learned to control it. March is as brisk and cheery, though rather grayer, than when we saw her last, and just now so absorbed in Meg’s affairs that the hospitals and homes, still full of wounded “boys” and soldiers’ widows, decidedly miss the motherly missionary’s visits. I will confess that I was feeling pretty low and fed up as I sat moaning under a blanket on my sofa. citation needed] Editions are shown in continuous print from many publishers, as hardback, paperback, audio, and e-book versions, from the 1980s to 2015.

She never broke her word, and was much exercised in her mind how to get around it, and at last devised a plan whereby she could satisfy herself.I haven’t a single finger bowl, but this is a ‘setout’ that will last me all my days, Hannah says”; and Meg looked quite contented, as well she might. As her sisters grow up, they begin to leave home, but Beth has no desire to leave her house or family. She first gained a wide reputation with Little Women (1868-69), and her best subsequent work was done in the same field.