Progress Book #18 of 100
Most people know the story of Little
Women- at least most girls do. I’ve see
a few movie versions and felt like reading the book would be a nice easy fast
read to enjoy over the Christmas holiday- it was. This was the first time I had read the book,
but not the first novel by Alcott that I had read. A few years ago I discovered a made-for-tv
movie call The Inheritance. It’s a fun
movie that I really enjoyed. Upon further
research I found out it was based on a story written by Alcott when she was much younger. It was only recently discovered (I think
after 2000) and published. I found it at
the library and read it a few years ago.
It was cute, but written when she was younger, so I expected to get a
little more from Little Women.
The novel is pretty close to the
movies, especially the most recent one with Winona Ryder as Jo March. The only complaint I have about this book- is
the high morals that are persistently mentioned every other sentence. I get that they were good, but to make every
lesson, every paragraph about being good and charitable got to be overkill by
the end of the novel.
On a side note, I never really made
this one of my favorite movies because I always felt bad for Laurie. I was hoping to get more explanation from the
book on the love story. The sequence of
events happens differently in the novel compared to the book. Jo goes off to her writing career while
Laurie is away at college, so she meets the Professor before the big
proposal. Also I was more sympathetic
towards the novel Amy instead of the Kristen Dunst Amy, so I accepted the story
and final outcome better in the novel that the movie. Overall Little Women was a cute novel about
sisters and family.
I’ll give this book a B+ 87%
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