tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470515437901942779.post7443557386391609294..comments2021-04-25T10:33:17.646-04:00Comments on The Plumsock Road Book Club: OK, who's read Little Women?Elizabeth Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02019916259737155294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470515437901942779.post-76516737380744944452011-07-18T09:43:43.660-04:002011-07-18T09:43:43.660-04:00I've read Little Women a number of times over ...I've read Little Women a number of times over the years and would consider it an old favorite—I think mostly because her writing is just so enjoyable, despite all the moralizing! Beyond that particular book, I find Alcott to be very interesting in both her life and her views on feminism. So much of what she writes is about work and duty and such, but there are hints of radicalism and you get the feeling that she could almost go all Charlotte Perkins Gilman and advocate for man-free utopias. I’m actually currently reading a book of some of Alcott’s other writings that are really fascinating. I would recommend “Hospital Sketches”, an account of her brief stint as a nurse during the civil war. It is absolutely hilarious if you enjoy snideness and sarcasm. Also “Behind a Mask: or a Woman’s Power”, really fantastic. It's one of her “sensation” stories—no moralizing there, and you will be completely on the side of the bad girl! Both are available online:<br />http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/alcott/sketches/sketches.html<br />http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/AlcBehi.htmlRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979884842141727070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470515437901942779.post-29357734860255717402011-06-27T12:40:53.443-04:002011-06-27T12:40:53.443-04:00Ooooh - "Little Women" was my FAVORITE b...Ooooh - "Little Women" was my FAVORITE book when I was growing up. As the oldest of three girls, the story really resonated with me. I still vividly remember reading when Beth died, and going down to the basement, sobbing, to find my mom who was doing laundry and was understandably alarmed at my appearance. I just could not believe that she died. Later, as I read the rest of LMA's books, I saw that she kills off a beloved character in each one. Good life lesson, though tough for that 11-yr-old girl I was.<br /><br />I must admit that I tried to re-read Little Women a few years ago, and found it almost unbearably sanctimonious. I must have gotten pretty cynical in the intervening 35 years!!! Still if I had a daughter I would insist that she read it.dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00893671731903195817noreply@blogger.com