This charming, old-fashioned children's story begins by mirroring the nursery rhyme. Two friends, Jack and Jill, go up a hill to go sledding. They come tumbling down, and Jack breaks his leg while Jill injures her back more seriously. The book tells the tale of their recuperation and also of their and their friends' journey into young adulthood. The book is slightly moralistic, in the way that Little Women is; the young people earnestly want to become "good" and to help their friends become "good". Although this style is not in fashion now, it still makes for a sweet, hope-filled story. Very enjoyable.
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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer. She is best known for her autobiographical novel Little Women (1868), set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts. Little Women was published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters. Alcott based the heroine from Little Women, Jo, on herself, but whereas Jo marries at the end of the story, Alcott never married.
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I am currently reading this on my kindle. I am enjoying it okay, but not Louisa May Alcott's best book. Not likely to ever read it again.
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I read this as a child and really enjoyed it, so downloaded it when i saw it for free. Maybe buy it for your 10 year olds, but boring for adults
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Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book again. I cried in the same places that I cried when I read the book in my youth. No sex, no bad language and no violence - Great.
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