Little Women has delighted and instructed readers for generations.
For many, it is a favorite book first encountered in childhood or
adolescence. Championed by Gertrude Stein, Simone de Beauvoir,
Theodore Roosevelt, and J. K. Rowling, it is however much more than
the "girls' book" intended by Alcott's first publisher. In this
richly annotated, illustrated edition, Daniel Shealy illuminates
the novel's deep engagement with issues such as social equality,
reform movements, the Civil War, friendship, love, loss, and of
course the passage into adulthood. The editor provides running
commentary on biographical contexts (Did Alcott, like Jo, have a
"mood pillow"?), social and historical contexts (When may a lady
properly decline a gentleman's invitation to dance?), literary
allusions (Who is Mrs. Malaprop?), and words likely to cause
difficulty to modern readers (What is a velvet snood? A pickled
lime?). With Shealy as a guide, we appreciate anew the confusions
and difficulties that beset the March sisters as they overcome
their burdens and journey toward maturity and adulthood: beautiful,
domestic-minded Meg, doomed and forever childlike Beth, selfish
Amy, and irrepressible Jo. This edition examines the novel's
central question: How does one grow up well? Little Women: An
Annotated Edition offers something for everyone. It will delight
both new and returning readers, young and old, male and female
alike, who will want to own and treasure this beautiful edition
full of color illustrations and photographs.
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