Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dent, London
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780460050449ISBN:0460050443
Description: Good. ix, 325 p. : ill. (some col. ); 20 cm. "[This] is a sequel to Little Men; Nat and Demi and Emil and the scapegrace Dan all appear in it, ...now young men of twenty or over"--Foreword. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140350159ISBN:0140350152
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Has usual library stamsp & marks, solid book with clean pages, book shows shelf, edge & corner wear with scuffing, stain on upper back cover & creases on lower corner. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Puffin Classics (Paperback). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140367140ISBN:0140367144
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. new but damaged in shipping. Creasing to back cover and back matter. New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The World Publishing Company (Rainbow Classics)
Description: Very Good. 100% guaranteed. Very good shape with a tight spine, missing dust cover, clean cloth hardcover, clean pages, yellowing pages, and light shelf wear. We work hard to make you happy. read more
Description: Very Good. 0140367144 Library copy with mylar cover and library markings. Great service. Fast shipping. Saving trees 1 page at a time! read more
"For those of you who many not be familiar with Alcott, Little Men and Jo's Boys are the sequels to the beloved Little Women. Telling the story of Jo's life after her marriage to Professor Bhear, Little Men introduces us to Plumfield School where boys, and girls, are taught not only the important lessons learned from books, but the important lessons of life as well. Jo's Boys takes the chronicles of the students to new heights, as the students reach adulthood and choose their future paths, allowing the lessons of the past blossom.
My favorite character is Dan. Dan is first introduced to us in Little Men as a wayward orphaned teenager who rough exterior and brusque and seemingly callous manor not only steals his way in to Jo's heart, but manages to survive a good deal of trouble. He grows and changes and appears again in Jo's Boys, now a rugged man of the Western Frontier. His character is perhaps one of the most complex in Alcott's pantheon and truly deserves a paper of study all his own (which I may someday write). Through Dan, Alcott discusses issues of race, class, nature vs. nurture, and the ever important Transcendentalist questions of sin and redemption. Many have argued and will argue that Dan is a failed character, perhaps even tragic in that his one great flaw holds rigidly to his heart and leads to his destruction. I however would argue that Dan's only flaw makes him a tragic hero. His flaw is not one that would mock the sanctity of life. Instead, Dan's true flaw is that he loves too deeply. And, there, one must ask, can one love too deeply? Is that truly a flaw? What sort of actions are justified when one adheres to friendship so completely?
I won't say anymore. Go read the books. Then, if you disagree...we'll chat. I'd love that. And, maybe someday I'll write my study of Dan and we'll look a little more in to an all encompassing love a little more."
"Four stars, not because it's not as good as the others in the series ("Little Women" and "Little Men"), but just because everyone is "grown up" and moving on. Once I got into it, though, I found I enjoyed it nearly as much as the first two books.
The ending is sad, as it's the end of the series. Perhaps I just have issues with endings. Ah, well. I find I am hungry for more good books after having finished this delightful series!"
"I liked finding out what happened to the kids. but still my favorites are: Little Women, Eight Cousins, Rose's Boys, and The Inheritance. My whole family has watched the movies Little Women and the Inheritance was quite good. It was an easy way to expose the whole family to My Louisa. I think this is such a great way to introduce a new generation to such a great author."
"This is a sweet sequel to Little Men and takes place 10 years later. It tells what the young men try to accomplishes they go in to the world in search of careers, money, fame, etc. However it kind of reads like an after thought. The details of each character are sparse in comparison to the fluidity of the telling in Little Women. It is fun to know what each young man is doing and to whom they marry, but there isn't enough detail. I kept feeling like there could be so much more to the story. Also I was disappointed with the outcome of one of my favorite characters. I realize not all the boys can have happy endings, and in that it probably is a better story, but it still made me cry and wake up with puffy eyes. On the whole I still liked it and gave it a four because it captures a time when the world seemed safer and more simple."
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