A new feature film of LITTLE WOMEN written and directed by Greta Gerwig was released in December 2019, starring Saoirse Ronan as Jo, Florence Pugh as Amy, Emma Watson as Meg and Eliza Scanlen as Beth. In 1912 an English artist, Millicent Etheldreda Gray, with a reputation for closely-worked studies of domestic settings, was commissioned by Hodder and Stoughton to paint twelve watercolours for this most long-lasting of all family stories. GOOD WIVES, a sequel to LITTLE WOMEN, was published in 1869, taking up the story of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy three years on. Good Wives also sees Jo go to New York to write and teach, while Amy is offered the chance to travel in Europe with Aunt March and make a good match there. ' When published in 1868, the book was illustrated by May Alcott, Louisa's mother. After Meg’s twins (Daisy and Demi) are born, she faces a new challenge in balancing the desire to be a good wife with the equally strong wish to be an attentive mother. 'Not a bit sensational', she wrote, 'but simple and true, for we really lived most of it. Louisa Alcott based her story on her own experience of family life. Little Women & Good Wives (Wordsworth Childrens Classics) Paperback Januby Louisa May Alcott (Author) 67 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 5.99 46 Used from 1.00 13 New from 2.50 Little Women & Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott. Written in six weeks, and at first thought by its editor to be 'dull', this story of an American family - four sisters and their mother living through the months while father is away in the Civil War - has a universal and enduring appeal. Louisa May Alcott’s most famous work follows the tale of four young women trying to make their way in the world.
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