RecoMonday: Little Women and Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott

I just read Little Women for the first time. I know almost every girl my age has probably already read it because it’s one of those classic stories. It took me a little while to get into it at first, but once I did I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think most copies of the book nowadays have the sequel included, but the one I checked out from the library was the original book sold by Louisa May Alcott. Little Women was an instant success and Alcott then wrote the sequel called Good Wives. Today they are most often sold as one book under the title of Little Women. Good Wives picks up 3 years after Little Women ends. Meg gets engaged at the end of Little Women and waits three years for her fiance to provide a home for them. As the sequel hints, the other girls find their spouses and get married later on. I had never heard of Good Wives before, so I had to wait a week or so to get it at my library. I finished it quickly once I got it.

According to Wikipedia, Alcott later wrote Little Men and Jo’s Boys (which followed the lives of the girls’ children), and An Old Fashioned Girl, Rose in Bloom, and How They Turned Out. I might have to look at some of these as well.

I appreciated all the moral teachings in the book. You can tell that Alcott was very religious and her books are clean and safe for children to read. I definitely recommend these books.