Louisa May Alcott's Jo's Boys (1886) For all that I remembered Jo as being another sort of character in Little Women, one passionate about writing and determined to be an author, there is, at least, a taste of that, finally, in Jo's Boys. The third chapter of this novel is
Louisa May Alcott's Little Men (1971) The author makes it clear that there is no grand plot to be had in this follow-up volume to the immensely successful Little Women. [There are no spoilers here included regarding Little Men, but if you haven't read Little Women, the first in LMA's
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (1868) When I first read Little Women, it was my mother’s copy from when she was a girl. It contained both Little Women and Good Wives, though I didn't understand that until this summer. Here’s a picture of the copy I spent time with this
Susan Coolidge’s What Katy Did Next (1886) I didn’t find out until this summer What Katy Did Next. As a girl reader, I didn’t care to find out what happened to a character once she got old (read: any age much older than I) and married and boring. I religiously
Susan Coolidge's What Katy Did at School (1873) What’s better than a boarding school story? Nothing much. Even though the fictional Katy and her beloved sister Clover weren’t especially fond of the idea of being sent away (too much responsibility at home was making them grow too serious,
