Good Wives

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Beth and I are going over to Kitty Bryant’s to get more flowers for tomorrow,” added Amy, tying a picturesque hat over her picturesque curls, and enjoying the effect as much as anybody.

It is said that Louisa May Alcott’s story of her little women is partially autobiographical, and I felt this really came into play in book 2. But one gets used to these slight blemishes, and nothing could be more complete, for good sense and good taste had presided over the furnishing, and the result was highly satisfactory. In her essay, "Recollections of My Childhood", Alcott refers to herself as a tomboy who enjoyed boys' activities like running foot-races and climbing trees. Meg is about to get married, Jo is attempting to launch a literary career, Beth has sadly never recovered from her scarlet fever and is now virtually housebound, and little Amy is maturing fast, and about to go off travelling with a wealthy aunt. Lonely in his mansion, and often at odds with his high-spirited grandson, he finds comfort in becoming a benefactor to the Marches.

Because the Professor is poor, the wedding must wait while he establishes a good income by going out west to teach.

This division signaled a beginning of polarization of gender roles as social constructs "as class stratification increased".You won’t show the soft side of your character, and if a fellow gets a peep at it by accident, and can’t help showing that he likes it, you treat him as Mrs.

The March family is portrayed living in genteel penury, but the Alcott family, dependent on an improvident, impractical father, suffered real poverty and occasional hunger. She never broke her word, and was much exercised in her mind how to get around it, and at last devised a plan whereby she could satisfy herself. Little Women 's popular audience was responsive to ideas of social change as they were shown "within the familiar construct of domesticity". Mild Shelfwear And Edgewear, Tanning From Age, Crack In Binding On Title Page With Webbing Exposed, But Intact, No Loose Pages, Or Other Damage, Foxing, Otherwise An Unmarked, Clean, And Solid Copy. When I saw that you were reading Good Wives I could barely contain myself waiting for you to review it.I am so glad I read these, and I will remember them fondly; I may even pick up the next book Jo’s Boys.