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Title: Little Women (The Abbeville Classics Series) by Louisa May Alcott, Dinah Dryhurst, Kenneth Grahame ISBN: 0789205491 Publisher: Abbeville Press, Inc. Pub. Date: April, 1900 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.62

Rating: 4
Summary: Little Women will Amaze Everybody
Comment: This story is about four girls¡¯ growth into women in Plumfield during the Civil War, and their brave father, who came back home from the battlefield, and the mother who, devotedly watched over the girls. The sisters include the beautiful and very womanly Meg; strong and sensitive tomboy Jo; innocent, kind, and quiet Beth; and free minded, sometimes selfish, but attractive girl Amy. These four girls¡¯ weaving story touches my heart deeply. Laurie, a charming young man, has an unusually sincere love for Jo, yet marries her sister Amy in the end. This scenario gives me another answer about the love and deep affection. John, who is Meg¡¯s husband, and Friedrich, who is Jo¡¯s husband, helps the story becomes more exciting. Before I started to read this book, I thought it was such a long story. But as soon as I got through a few pages, I realized I was getting into this book so fast. All of the discord and the love are compiled with various characters in this book so well that you won¡¯t ever regret reading.

Rating: 5
Summary: Real Life Story
Comment: Before I read this book, I thought that magic and spells and imaginary books were the best. Then my mom told me I should read this book because I was going to love it. And she was totally right. The good thing about this book is that it is real. I have to admit it: I fell in love with the real characters. This book shows that life can be great with love. Louisa transmits feelings, and reading this book you feel happiness, sadness, and lots of stuff. My mom told me that she even cried when she read the book. The characters will become your imaginary friends and I'm sure that, after reading this book, you will see life in another way. In a few words: I love this book and I'm sure you will love it too.

Rating: 4
Summary: Sweet, Old-Fashioned Goodness
Comment: "Little Women" is like the best vanilla ice cream-simple, sweet, pure, and something that always seems good, no matter what else you read (or eat!). As most of you know, "Little Women" is the chronicle of the four March sisters (Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy) and their family, as they grow up in 1860's New England. Part autobiography, it is easy to see why it has become the classic it is.

Sure, the "slang" is noticeably dated, the writing style is definitely "1800's", but the characters are what really makes this book great. Louisa May Alcott's chatty, graceful writing style is the epitome of warmth, and it definitely helps the characters to "come-alive." Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy themselves are portrayed honestly, and the reader feels just like they are having a visit with the March as they read about Jo's highstrung good nature, Amy's hilarious "airs" and worries about her "un-Grecian" nose, Beth's good-as-gold sweetness, and Meg's gentle womanliness. The girls' struggles with poverty are gradually overcome throughout the book, and Marmee (as the girls call their mother) is a timeless beacon of love and lessons for the girls to take refuge in.

"Little Women" is divided into two parts-I find the first to be (generally) slightly more well-written, and the second sometimes to be a little too long-winded and descriptive (the extensive descriptions and place names that chronicle Amy's European adventure are sometimes meaningless and boring to the reader). However, it is worth "plowing through" some less-than-choice chapters, for the end is pure gold, and the conclusion shows all of the sisters happy with their lives and reinforces the loving bonds of the March family.

"Little Women" is truly a book that will make you laugh and cry. I would suggest that you be at least 12 before you read this alone (I usually don't give age ranges for books, but slight wordiness and some very involved passages are reason for it this time). Still, when confronted with the sheer warmth, honesty, and human emotion that come from the pages of "Little Women", it is easy to forgive some small faults.