Little Women
(Louisa May Alcott)
Write your abstract here.A harp, a piano, a flute. More piano playing, flute, and a short and melancholy bit of violin playing. Alternation between piano and harp during a brief interval. Soft guitar, followed by gentle, rythmic playing of drums. Louder drums, intermingled with cymbals. Finally, a cacophony of modern, electric drums and guitar, combined with several sets of cymbals. This is the only possible way to accurately describe Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN. This masterpiece opens in a warm yet drab parlor, wherein reside the four March girls. Ever the tomboy, Jo lies on the rug, destroying her knitting. Meg and Amy work industriously while shy but attentive Beth listens with such interest to the others' conversation that she toasts Marmee's slippers rather than the bread! The March family lives a comfortable life during the first part of the book. Rambunctious Jo makes the acquaintance of Theodore (Laurie) Laurence, a shy young man who becomes the March family's close friend. Meg and Amy are hopeless aesthetes--constantly pursuing physical beauty and popularity. Though her dread at playing her treasured piano for anyone except her family is immeasurable, Beth's perseverance wins the affections of Laurie's father and she is soon presented with a baby grand piano. Marmee is the model mother, giving the March sisters wise counsel according to the Judeo-Christian tradition. The Bible and PILGRIM'S PROGRESS serve as the bases of Marmee's teachings. As Part I progresses, the family must face the illnesses of both Beth and their recently-returned father. Joyful are the first moments of the latter's homecoming--a beautiful Christmas gift. Part II opens with Meg's marriage to John Brooke, Laurie's former tutor. Though their marriage is not perfect, they and their children constitute a loving family. Following this episode in the March history, the plot becomes convoluted and extraordinarily unrealistic. During Beth's last moments of life, Jo is entangled in a devastating "break-up" with Laurie; Laurie is in hot pursuit of Amy; and Jo's German tutor is falling madly in love with her. Contrary to the unromantic, no-nonsense nature that Jo has set forth throughout the book, she decides to marry the elderly man. The tale ends abruptly in an enormous family
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