Sunday, October 15, 2023
Review - Little Women
TITLE: Little Women (audiobook)
Summary (from Goodreads): Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.
AUTHOR: Louisa May Alcott
NARRATOR: LibriVox (Spotify)
RATING: ★★★★★
It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,” including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book” her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.
REVIEW: I started 2023 with a goal to read at least three classic books by the year’s end. I started several and put them down just as quickly. I don’t know why, but I’ve never been able to enjoy the classic’s. I’ve lost count of my attempts at reading Pride & Prejudice. (I believe chapter two is the farthest I’ve gotten). So, I decided to try something different to reach my goal, and I resorted to audiobooks. Now, don’t stone me for saying it, but I’ve never cared much for audiobooks. (When a woman narrator speaks for every character, including the men, it really throws me off - and vice versa). But one day I stumbled upon a dramatic reading of Little Women by LibriVox on Spotify, and I noticed there were several male and female narrators, so I decided to give it a shot. Well…I LOVED IT! My drive to work takes 45 minutes, so I used that time to listen, and it didn’t take long before I was fully immersed in the story. Louisa May Alcott was an amazing writer, and she had such a beautiful way with words. I fell in love with Jo, Amy, Meg, Beth, and Laurie. I smiled. I gasped. I laughed. I cried. I was genuinely sad when I finished it, and I would highly recommend Little Women to every reader. So…now I’m on to my second classic book. Who knows, maybe I’ll look for a Pride & Prejudice audiobook and actually finish it this time. We shall see.
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