Thoughtful…An adroit consideration of Alcott and her milieu. Highly entertaining and eminently sane… paints a compelling portrait of Alcott, giving us fascinating insights into the creation of Little Women.Ī love letter written not by a smitten youngster naïve to her beloved's drawbacks but by a mature adult who can recognize complexity and nuance.Īstute examination of the long life of Little Women. Francine Prose - New York Times Book Review Lively and informative… Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy does what-ideally-books about books can do: I’ve taken Little Women down from my shelf and put it on top of the books I plan to read. In gauging its current status, Rioux shows why Little Women remains a book with such power that people carry its characters and spirit throughout their lives. Today, Rioux sees the novel’s beating heart in Alcott’s portrayal of family resilience and her honest look at the struggles of girls growing into women. Many have felt, as Anna Quindlen has declared, “Little Women changed my life.” Le Guin were inspired by Little Women, particularly its portrait of the iconoclastic young writer, Jo.
Rowling, bell hooks, Cynthia Ozick, Jane Smiley, Margo Jefferson, and Ursula K. Rioux also examines why this tale of family and community ties, set while the Civil War tore America apart, has resonated through later wars, the Depression, and times of changing opportunities for women.Īlcott’s novel has moved generations of women, many of them writers: Simone de Beauvoir, J. In Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Rioux recounts how Louisa May Alcott came to write Little Women, drawing inspiration for it from her own life. Through teaching the book, she has seen the same effect on many others. When Anne Boyd Rioux read the novel in her twenties, she had a powerful reaction to the story. Its popularity quickly spread throughout the world, and the book has become an international classic. Soon after publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women became an enormous bestseller and one of America’s favorite novels. On its 150th anniversary, discover the story of the beloved classic that has captured the imaginations of generations.
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