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Little Women Abroad: The Alcott Sisters' Letters from Europe, 1870-1871 by May Alcott Nieriker, Louisa May Alcott, Daniel Shealy
4.0
I quite remember reading [b:Little Women|1934|Little Women|Louisa May Alcott|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562690475l/1934._SY75_.jpg|3244642] translated to Arabic [b:نساء صغيرات|17334979|نساء صغيرات|Louisa May Alcott|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1360072714l/17334979._SX50_.jpg|3244642] in a little age. It was my very first actual novel to read (excluding kids books and comics which were countless and my favorites as a little kid).
I'm definitely going to read the original English version of the novel to experience the beauty of it again. Reading the novel for the second time after many years made me realize how deep it is. Some of the events are so touching that I've found myself shedding some tears. I enjoyed going through the young girls' characters. [a:Louisa May Alcott|1315|Louisa May Alcott|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1200326665p2/1315.jpg] was successful in conveying the feelings they've felt and the emotions they've encountered with heartily, adorable, and smooth writing style. The book was originally released in 2 volumes, around 23 chapters each combined in 1 book. It goes through sweet childhood, graceful womanhood (and clumsiness taking Jo "the heroine" into consideration), precious friendship, tender love, contentment despite poverty, life and death.
Although this book was written 2 centuries ago, the content is neither outdated nor old fashioned comparing with contemporary living (of course if we replaced carriages with cars and letters with e-mails, perhaps). What I mean is, the mentality then is quite similar to ours nowadays. In my opinion, feminine thinking has not dramatically change ever since then.
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PS: I was thrilled when I found out that Christian Bale played Laurie in the 1994 movie! Christian Bale is beyond awesome! I can't wait to watch the movie.
Update:
I finally watched the above mentioned movie adaptation. It was very lovely but I loved the book more.. And 20-year-old-Christian-Bale as Laurie? *SIGH* I adore CB!
Although this book was written 2 centuries ago, the content is neither outdated nor old fashioned comparing with contemporary living (of course if we replaced carriages with cars and letters with e-mails, perhaps). What I mean is, the mentality then is quite similar to ours nowadays. In my opinion, feminine thinking has not dramatically change ever since then.
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PS: I was thrilled when I found out that Christian Bale played Laurie in the 1994 movie! Christian Bale is beyond awesome! I can't wait to watch the movie.
Update:
I finally watched the above mentioned movie adaptation. It was very lovely but I loved the book more.. And 20-year-old-Christian-Bale as Laurie? *SIGH* I adore CB!