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Little Women
Little Women is a fiction novel written by American author Louisa May Alcott. Set in the Alcott family home, the book was published in 1868 and is loosely based on the lives of the Alcott family and the four sisters; Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. Written for girls, Little Women has three major themes: domesticity, work, and true love. All three themes are interdependent and each one necessary to demonstrate the heroine’s individual identity. It has been said that within Little Women can be found the first vision of the “American Girl,” embodied in the aspects of the differing March sisters.
203 Questions
What war was happening in Little Women?
A reference by Abraham Lincoln to Harriet Beecher Stowe with regard to the publication of her book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.'
What are the sequels to Little Women?
The Second volume was called "Good Wives." It had two sequels "Little Men" and Jo's Boys".
Who played in Little Women 1933?
Little Women has been made four different times. The original 1933 version starred Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Edna May Oliver, Frances Dee, Spring Byington, Jean Parker and Douglass Montgomery. The first color version in 1949 starred June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, and Mary Astor. In 1978, a made for TV version emerged starring Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey, Ann Dusenberry, Eve Plumb, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Greer Garson, Cliff (Potter) Potts and William Shatner. Then in 1994 it was made once again starring Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado, Samantha Mathis, Kirstin Dunst, Claire Danes, Chrisitian Bale, Eric Stoltz, John Neville, Mary Wickes and Susan Sarandon.
What is the exposition of Little Women?
Some people say that the exposition is when the girls meet Laurie (Theodore) at the dance/party.
How did Little Women impact Literature?
It didn't. Well technically women started to write and little women had some of the best pices of literature and made women, especially little ones, prolific writers, but mind you most of the greats are men. Take Shakespeare for example, there is also Homer, Mark Twain, and Dr. Suess.
What is the surname of the sisters in Little Women?
Their surname was MARCH
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worst answer ever...
the sisters' names were:
Margaret (She goes by the name Meg)
Josephine (She goes by the name Jo)
Elizabeth (She goes by the name Beth- she dies)
and
Amy
What is the book Little Women circa 1880 worth?
Many of these books are going to be worth a price close to $10 each. The exact price will vary depending upon its condition.
Can you name 10 adverbs from little women?
quickly
slowly
too
evenly
uselessly
overly
deeply
devotedly
proudly
significantly
happily
sloppily
nosily
very
attentively
roughly
independently
rudely
Meg Jo Beth and Amy are characters in what famous book?
The March Sisters in Louisa Alcott's 'Little Women'
Why do people like the book Little Women?
The story became a classic because the story is moving, the characters are extremely well written as well as their point of view, the plot is good and the era the story takes place in was a very crucial time in US History.
What are the names of the Little Women in the book Little Women?
Margaret March (or Meg)
Josephine March (or Jo)
Elizabeth March (or Beth)
Amy Curtis March
Is the book Little Women sixth grade appropriate?
If you mean what schooling grade it is suited at I would probably say it is directed at late primary school early highschool years. Although it does differ from how advanced the person reading it is......probably in the years of grade 4-year 8 hope that helped xo
Who does Jo in Little Women fall in love with?
A writer living in the same boarding house as she, named Friedrich Bahre. They meet by bumping into each other on the sidewalk, he helping her pick up the papers of her manuscript that she dropped.
Is "Little Women" based on a true story?
Scholars classify it as a semi-autobiographical novel—Louisa May Alcott revealed in her diaries that she based much of Little Women on her own experience of growing up in Concord, Massachusetts, with her three sisters. Alcott based the character of Jo, the second oldest sister, on herself; however, unlike Jo, Alcott never married. Her real-life sister Anna met her husband while putting on a play, as the character Meg does in the book. She also had a sister Lizzie, who, like the character Beth, died at an early age of complications from scarlet fever.
"We really lived most of it; and if it succeeds that will be the reason of it,” Alcott wrote in her diary.
When did Beth got sick in Little Women?
Beth contracted scarlet fever while charitably nursing the Hummel children, whose impoverished and widowed mother was forced to work to support them. When the youngest Hummel, an infant, died in Beth's arms, a physician was finally sent for, and Beth was advised to go home and prepare for the possible illness. She had a protracted bout of fever, indeed, and nearly died. She never fully recovered her health, and by the age of nineteen was weakened to the point of death, although the original bout of scarlet fever occurred when she was approximately fourteen years old.
Miss Alcott, the author of "Little Women" never names a specific cause of death, only noting that Beth's scarlet fever left her diminished in strength and hope for a long life. No further medical intervention or diagnosis occurs, Beth is simply allowed to waste away as an inevitability.
Where does the story Little Women take place?
Little Women is set in the time of the American Civil War in the northern states of America. The March girls themselves are in an impoverished state though this is a relatively new situation for them.
Abraham Lincoln said So this is the little women who made this big war What war is he referring to?
The Civil War
Was the movie Little Women made in colour or in black and white?
The 1949 film 'Little Women' was filmed in Technicolor .
Which sickness does Beth die from in Little Women the book?
No she doesn't. Her heart weakens from the first time, but later on in the book, she gets ill again while everyone is away building their lives. Jo returns home quickly to be with her.
The summary of novel little women in 100 words?
Little Women opens on the lives of the four March girls just as the two youngest are entering adolescence. Meg and Jo are teenagers. The story follows the girls through about 15 years of their lives and is written in a very pronounced omniscient voice. Each girl has an imaginary "castle" for which she hopes, but each ends with a very different "future" than she would have imagined for herself. Meg, the one who most dearly misses the wealth of the old days before her father had lost his fortune, marries Mr. Brooke, the tutor of Laurie Laurence, and lives in a very modest house. Even then, however, she has to learn to cope with the fact that she is not rich and cannot engage in activities that her rich friend Sally Moffat is able to enjoy. In the end, however, she finds out that for all her money, Sally becomes a very lonely lady with a husband who lives in his own world and thinks only of himself. Jo has a talent for writing which she develops in spurts, writing first innocent romances for a local paper, a novel that receives mixed reviews and finally "sensation" stories for a tabloid in NY. Only after her sister Beth dies does Jo find the mixture of pathos and heartfelt sincerity that enables her to write stories that have the publisher begging for more of the same. Beth, the third child, is the only one without ambitions, whose only desire is to live at home with her parents and practice her music. She is a model of selflessness and gentleness, almost too good to be real. She complains the least about the things they can't have and always has just the right kind word for any situation. Her primary fault is that she is so extremely shy that she is unable to attend a public school and therefore gets her schooling at home. Amy is the youngest and the one who intends to marry for money. She wants to move about in high society and have wealthy friends, expensive jewels and rich clothes. However, when she actually gets the opportunity to fulfill her dreams, she turns it away, turning instead to Laurie, their childhood friend. The irony is that in giving up her dreams of marrying wealth, she actually gets it anyway as Laurie's grandfather Mr. Laurence is very wealthy and will leave his entire estate to Laurie. In the end all of the girls learn that no amount of wealth can bring more happiness than that of a close and loving family.
