I also at times found the characters annoyingly perfect and would have liked just a couple more arguments.Īll in all though, I felt rather lonely after the March sisters had gone as I loved their spirit and felt as if I was almost one of them, which is a clear sign of this book's greatness. The girls are trying to decide what to get each other for Christmas. She talks to other parents who have noticed changes in their daughters wanting to fit into to a stereotypical girl world created by the. In this, the opening chapter, the reader meets the four main characters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. In the article Little girls or Little women: The Disney princess Effect Stephanie Hanes addresses the issues of young girls feeling the need to mature to soon. There aren't many exciting events to keep the reader hooked throughout. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott: Chapter Summary. I found myself scanning the book and not actually reading it at times and reading other books because of its slow plot. Everyone sings together and then goes to bed. Marmee promises to give them guidebooks and loving support for their journeys. It gave you a sense of what it was like to be a normal family in the 1800's and subtly showed the feelings of each character. Beth aims to be less bashful and happy with her work, not envying girls with nice pianos. With four main characters, Little Women is a highly complex novel that always has a major plot event taking place. As all well-known books do, it had a fair few morals that, although made the characters seem a bit too perfect to be real, were reasonable and made me want to make up for my faults (of which there are many).Īlcott's writing was elegant yet poignant and haunting at moments, and perfect for the era it was set in, whilst the sister's personalities were intricately described throughout the whole book. It was a refreshing read that made me care for the sisters and left me wanting to know what led Alcott to write this simple masterpiece. I found myself, after reading the last line twice over just to check, satisfied yet in want of more.
As they go through love and loss they truly do learn to become 'little women'. With their father off to war they have only their mother left to encourage them to be the best version of themselves at all times. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (Oxford World's Classics)įour sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March, are part of a poor but loving family.