According to Sarah Elbert, Alcott created a new form of literature, one that took elements from romantic children's fiction and combined it with others from sentimental novels, resulting in a totally new genre.

Most readers would agree that Alcott doesnt necessarily hold to such a strict scheme—she repeatedly reinforces her moral ideas about self-sacrifice and altruism—but overall the novel does place plot considerations above politics, cultural or otherwise. Although she initially despised the idea of writing a "girls' story," once she started, her writing became feverish.Little Women became "the paradigmatic text for young women of the era and one in which family literary culture is prominently featured. She is chosen by her aunt to travel to Europe with her, where she grows and makes a decision about the level of her artistic talent and how to direct her adult life. She has long brown hair and blue eyes and particularly beautiful hands, and is seen as the prettiest one of the sisters. Somewhat temperamental and prone to being judgmental, she disapproves of the family's poverty, their charitable work, and their general disregard for the more superficial aspects of society's ways. It includes her most famous and cherished classic, Little Women, about the lives of four sisters in Civil War–era America, as well as its sequels, Little Men and Jo’s Boys.

Before her marriage to John Brooke, while still living at home, she often lectures her younger sisters to ensure they grow to embody the title of "little women". Women's literature historians and juvenile fiction historians have agreed that Little Women was the beginning of this "downward spiral". For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password.

On the flyleaf and front free endpaper is written, once in pen and a few times in pencil, "Lizzie C. She is unimpressed by the aimless, idle, and forlorn attitude he has adopted since being rejected by Jo, and inspires him to find his purpose and do something worthwhile with his life. A contemporary film adaptation [62] was released in 2018 to mark the 150th anniversary of the novel. The sequel was written to appease Alcotts many fans, who had been begging the author for more information about the March sisters future experiences—namely whom, and how well, they married.

Alcott’s novel is often celebrated for Jo and her narrative arch in which she becomes a self-determined woman with a career. Ultimately, Alcott wove her own personal ideologies into Little Women: the novel is coloured by her early years growing up with three sisters, but also her later experiences as an active member of the suffrage movement, an abolitionist whose childhood home was a stop on the Underground Railroad and a nurse who served during the Civil War. Any time or place, regardless of a messy past, your best friend is your present, and if you’re lucky, your future. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). The Harper Muse Classics: Painted Edition of Little Women is perfect for special-edition book collectors, Louisa May Alcott lovers, fans of literary fiction and classic literature, and people who love both the book and the cinematic adaptations it inspired.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These sisters, and in particular Jo, were apprehensive about adulthood because they were afraid that, by conforming to what society wanted, they would lose their special individuality. A little lifting to the intricate laser-cut dust-jacket design at a couple of places, no tears to jacket, book itself bright and unmarked with immaculate pink edging to pages.