Geraldine Brooks takes a very minor character from Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN--Mr. March, the girls' preacher father--and makes him the main character in this Civil War novel. Serving as a chaplain with the Union army, March becomes a teacher on a plantation, where he meets up with Grace, a woman slave he knew years ago. Tormented by the ...
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It is no secret that Louisa May Alcott "rewrote" not only herself but also her mother, father and sisters in "Little Women". Yet how well do we grasp the significance of her impulse? This study focuses on Alcott's personal and creative motivations in fashioning an idealized family in her novel and gives us new ways to view both the fictional ...
Little Women is the heartwarming story of the March family that has thrilled generations of readers. It is the story of four sisters--Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth-- and of the courage, humor and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War.
This story of the four March sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--is based on the author's own childhood. The novel is divided into two parts. "Book Two" takes place after the Civil War has ended and the father has returned to the family. The sisters deal with love, marriage, an unexpected tragedy, and Jo's determination to become a professional ...
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