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050	0	0	_aPS1017.L53 _bR58 2018
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100	1		_aRioux, Anne Boyd
245	1	0	_aMeg, Jo, Beth, Amy : _bthe story of Little Women and why it still matters _c/ Anne Boyd Rioux
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York _b: W.W. Norton & Company _c, 2018
300			_a273 p. _b: illus. _c; 25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aSoon after publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women became an enormous bestseller and one of America's favorite novels. Its popularity quickly spread throughout the world, and the book has become an international classic. When Anne Boyd Rioux read the novel in her twenties, she had a powerful reaction to the story. Through teaching the book, she has seen the same effect on many others. In Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Rioux recounts how Louisa May Alcott came to write Little Women, drawing inspiration for it from her own life. Rioux also examines why this tale of family and community ties, set while the Civil War tore America apart, has resonated through later wars, the Depression, and times of changing opportunities for women. Alcott's novel has moved generations of women, many of them writers: Simone de Beauvoir, J. K. Rowling, Bell Hooks, Cynthia Ozick, Jane Smiley, Margo Jefferson, and Ursula K. Le Guin were inspired by Little Women, particularly its portrait of the iconoclastic young writer, Jo. Many have felt, as Anna Quindlen has declared, "Little Women changed my life." Today, Rioux sees the novel's beating heart in Alcott's portrayal of family resilience and her honest look at the struggles of girls growing into women. In gauging its current status, Rioux shows why Little Women remains a book with such power that people carry its characters and spirit throughout their lives.
546			_aEnglish
600	1	4	_aAlcott, Louisa May _d(, 1832-1888)
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