Mujercitas

Hardcover, 256 pages

Spanish language

Published Aug. 7, 1996 by Everest Pub.

ISBN:
978-84-392-8232-7
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A story of four young women and their varied adventures This classic story of the March family women and their lives in New England during the Civil War has remained enduringly popular since its publication in 1868. Poor, argumentative, loving, and optimistic, the March sisters struggle to supplement their family's meager income and realize their own dreams.

This highly autobiographical novel shows us women who are strong-minded and independent in their determination to control their own destiny. The introduction to this edition provides a fascinating history of the Alcotts, and a biographical history of Louisa Alcott's own struggles as a writer. - Publisher.

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reviewed Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott (Little Women, #1)

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So. I didn't like this book very much, but this is a bit of an annoying review to write. The reasons why I don't like this book are not really something I can fault the author, as they're pretty much to be expected for a book written in this time period.

Shortly put, like many older examples of children's lit, I find Little Women to be overly didactic and twee, with the added difficulty of disagreeing with some of the moral lessons it tries to teach.

I can see the value it must have had in its time, as well as to some readers, in portraying girls with interesting inner lives and conflicts, who did not always entirely fit the gender norms. It was, in that sense, an interesting bit of insight in the time period. But as an adult modern reader I couldn't really connect with it.

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Subjects

  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Fiction - General
  • Spanish: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
  • General
  • Classics