Good Wives

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March is as brisk and cheery, though rather grayer, than when we saw her last, and just now so absorbed in Meg’s affairs that the hospitals and homes, still full of wounded “boys” and soldiers’ widows, decidedly miss the motherly missionary’s visits. She followed it with three sequels, Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886) and she also wrote other books for both children and adults.

Of course not; but I don’t see the use of your having seventeen waistcoats, endless neckties, and a new hat every time you come home. Meg is invited to spend two weeks with rich friends, where there are parties and cotillions for the girls to dance with boys and improve their social skills.There were no marble-topped tables, long mirrors, or lace curtains in the little parlor, but simple furniture, plenty of books, a fine picture or two, a stand of flowers in the bay window, and, scattered all about, the pretty gifts which came from friendly hands, and were the fairer for the loving messages they brought. So true about Jo and the Professor – there’s something not quite right about Laurie and Amy but Jo and the Professor are so adorable together! Amy Curtus March's marriage to Theodore Lawrence,and His and Amy's daughter Elizabeth's golden curls and gifts. Little Women is probably one of the sweetest classics I have ever read, and I think the reason I enjoyed it most is that it really placed emphasis on being grateful for what you have, which is a theme that means a lot to me at the moment due to things going on in my life currently. Ultimately, Amy is shown to work very hard to gain what she wants in life and to make the most of her success while she has it.

They make a special room for her, filled with all the things she loves best: her kittens, her piano, Father's books, Amy's sketches, and her beloved dolls. Perfectly resigned to his discharge, he devoted himself to getting well, preparing for business, and earning a home for Meg. Interested in art, she is described as a "regular snow-maiden" with curly golden hair and blue eyes, "pale and slender" and "always carrying herself" like a proper young lady.Little Women became "the paradigmatic text for young women of the era and one in which family literary culture is prominently featured.

Missing DJ, corners bumped, some cover grime, gutters starting, Christmas gift message dated 1950 to front endpaper. I had a copy with both books (I think most American editions come that way), so I had the immediate gratification of knowing what happens to all the sisters. He later falls in love with Amy and they marry; they have one child, a little girl named after Beth: Elizabeth "Bess" Laurence. Bored with back to back TV, I picked up Little Women (which I had recently gotten free from the radio times due to a new adaptation) and began reading with much trepidation, feeling that if it was anything like Jane Austen’s work (which I don’t have the greatest affection for) it would be a bit of a slog. As Laurie spoke, he delivered a brown paper parcel to Meg, pulled Beth’s hair ribbon, stared at Jo’s big pinafore, and fell into an attitude of mock rapture before Amy, then shook hands all around, and everyone began to talk.I saw it going into your house as I came by, and if she hadn’t defended it manfully I’d have had a pick at it, for it looked like a remarkably plummy one. And speaking of gratitude reminds me to mention that you may thank Hannah for saving your wedding cake from destruction. Often combined with Little Women in film adaptations, Good Wives completes the story of the March sisters. The novel follows the March sisters, Meg, Amy, Jo and Beth, three years after the events of Little Women. It’s the second half of little women (since the book was originally published as 2 halves, this one begins with megs wedding).

His last whim had been to bring with him, on his weekly visits, some new, useful, and ingenious article for the young housekeeper.Theodore "Laurie" Laurence – A rich young man who lives opposite the Marches, older than Jo but younger than Meg. If Meg had four the house wouldn’t hold them, and master and missis would have to camp in the garden,” broke in Jo, who, enveloped in a big blue pinafore, was giving the last polish to the door handles. But as high spirits and the love of fun were the causes of these pranks, he always managed to save himself by frank confession, honorable atonement, or the irresistible power of persuasion which he possessed in perfection. Eventually, Meg admits her feelings to Brooke, they defy Aunt March (who ends up accepting the marriage), and they are engaged.